SOLUTION: If a sweet costs ₦2.00, a chocolate costs ₦3.00 and a cake costs ₦5,00 then buy from each item at least one and as many items as possible from ₦20.00. The number of sweets

Question 1196375: If a sweet costs ₦2.00, a chocolate costs ₦3.00 and a cake costs ₦5,00 then buy from each item at least one and as many items as possible from ₦20.00. The number of sweets you by then is
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic:
Answer by ikleyn(52832) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It is.

Never saw question in textbooks or anywhere, formulated in this form.

Never saw written question in this form in no one human language.

In my view, it is an extreme form of disrespect to a reader.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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(ASSUMPTION, typing mistake meant for the cake to be ₦5.00)

From there, to buy "as many items as possible", must be from the lowest price item (sweets) for the rest of the number of items, so 5 of them. (Still to spend the remainder 10₦ ).

Now, items

That is
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