SOLUTION: If a gumball costs x cents before tax, how many can be bought with q quarters if tax is z cents total?
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Question 1128219: If a gumball costs x cents before tax, how many can be bought with q quarters if tax is z cents total?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The number of gumballs that can be bought
with quarters before tax is;
After tax, the number is:
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If
then
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