document.write( "Question 983659: Hello, I am having trouble understanding and solving this problem:\r
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document.write( "Suppose you want to buy one pair of pants and several pairs of socks. The pants cost $24.95, and the socks are $5.95 per pair. How many pairs of socks can you buy if you have $50.00 to spend?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #604450 by solver91311(24713)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Divide $25.05 by $5.95 and round down. Or, as you will probably need to be able to do someday when you are standing in a store buying clothing, say to yourself, \"Pants are $25, and that leaves me $25, and 6 goes into 25 4 and a little more, but I can't buy 'a little more than 4' of a pair of socks, so 4 is what I can get.\"\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "John \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " |