SOLUTION: Kelly bought oodles of kazoos for a birthday party. Unfortunately, 13 of those kazoos were duds that had to be returned 17 days later. The kazoo salesman had just given all his bil

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Question 830199: Kelly bought oodles of kazoos for a birthday party. Unfortunately, 13 of those kazoos were duds that had to be returned 17 days later. The kazoo salesman had just given all his bills to a troupe of clowns in town and only had dimes left. If the kazoos cost $8 a piece, how many dimes did Kelly get back?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
13 of those kazoos were duds that had to be returned 17 days later. The kazoo salesman had just given all his bills to a troupe of clowns in town and only had dimes left. If the kazoos cost $8 a piece, how many dimes did Kelly get back?
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Ans: 13*8*10 = 1040 dimes
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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