SOLUTION: Luisa bought 6 cans of cat food that cost the same amount. She spent a total of $4.80. Write an equation that determines the cost of one can and solve the problem. It's supposed
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Question 992379: Luisa bought 6 cans of cat food that cost the same amount. She spent a total of $4.80. Write an equation that determines the cost of one can and solve the problem. It's supposed to be be written as an algebra problem. Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Choose a convenient variable to represent the cost of one can of cat food. Represent 6 times this variable as the LHS of your equation. The RHS is $4.80, if the unit of measure for the variable is dollars, or 480 if the unit of measure for the variable is cents.
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