SOLUTION: Madeline's store sells pencils, erasers, and notebooks. She needs to pay three bills, all of which sum to the amount she sells on erasers. How many terms are involved in the sta

SOLUTION: Madeline's store sells pencils, erasers, and notebooks. She needs to pay three bills, all of which sum to the amount she sells on erasers. How many terms are involved in the sta

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Question 1095864: Madeline's store sells pencils, erasers, and notebooks. She needs to pay three bills, all of which sum to the amount she sells on erasers.
How many terms are involved in the statement above?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You need a new term for every term not related to the others:

-cost of pencil
-cost of eraser
-cost of notebook
-cost of 3 unique bills

You need 6 terms.
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