SOLUTION: Sharon works in a bookstore where she has been alotted $25,000 to puchase either hardcover books at $12 each, or softcover books at $3 each, or some combination or both. If Sharon

Question 30348: Sharon works in a bookstore where she has been alotted $25,000 to puchase either hardcover books at $12 each, or softcover books at $3 each, or some combination or both. If Sharon decides to buy 4,500 softcover books, how many hardcover books can she afford.
Answer by mukhopadhyay(490) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Cost of 4,500 softcover books = 3*4500 = $13,500
Remaining money is Total alotted - Cost of 4,500 softcover books
= 25,000 - 13,500 = $11,500
Total Remaining / Cost of each hardcover book = 11,500/12 = 958.333
So, Sharon can afford 958 hardcover books (958.33 is rounded down because the number of books must be in integers)
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