document.write( "Question 829964: A deli is offering a special for its sandwiches. A customer will receive three free sandwiches for every five sandwiches purchased. Jane ordered 609 sandwiches for an office party at a large company. How many sandwiches did Jane have to pay for? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "For every 8 sandwiches Jane ordered, she paid for 5 and got 3 free.\r\n" );
document.write( "So we need to know how many groups of 8 sandwiches she ordered:\r\n" );
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document.write( "                   76\r\n" );
document.write( "                8)609\r\n" );
document.write( "                  56\r\n" );
document.write( "                   49\r\n" );
document.write( "                   48\r\n" );
document.write( "                    1\r\n" );
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document.write( "So she ordered 76 groups of 8 sandwiches, and 1 sandwich left over \r\n" );
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document.write( "So she paid for 76×5 or 380 sandwiches plus she had to pay for the \r\n" );
document.write( "one extra sandwich left over.  That's 380+1 she had to pay for.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: 381 \r\n" );
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