SOLUTION: Please help me with this problem. I am helping my 9 year old cousin with her homework and I don't understand this problem. Sally and Joshua have the same amount of money. Joshu

Question 973272: Please help me with this problem. I am helping my 9 year old cousin with her homework and I don't understand this problem.
Sally and Joshua have the same amount of money. Joshua pays $9.10 for a bag and has $16.25 left. Sally buys a pen and has $19.60 left. How much does the pen cost?

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Joshua pays $9.10 for a bag and has $16.25 left.

Sally and Joshua have the same amount of money.

Therefore Sally also starts with $25.35.

Sally buys a pen and has $19.60 left. How much does the pen cost?



Edwin

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