Question 988404: Wednesday is hotdog at the ballpark. You can get 2 hotdogs for $2.50. Matt spent $17.50. How many hotdogs did he buy? Can you please explain how you got your answer. Found 2 solutions by rfer, solver91311:Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source):
You can only do this problem if you assume that the only thing Matt bought for his $17.50 was hot dogs. Ordinarily, I would just say that the question cannot be answered without assuming facts not in evidence and leave it at that. However, I'm going go out on a limb this time.
If you divide 17.50 by 2.50 you will get the number of times he spent 2.50. Assuming that the only thing he bought was hot dogs, each time he spent 2.50, he received 2 hot dogs.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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