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

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) About Me  (Show Source):
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2%2B3%2B5=10
(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, 3%2B5=highlight%288%29 items

That is 1%2B5=highlight%28highlight%286%2Asweets%29%29