SOLUTION: if something cost 60 cents and i have ten dollars how many can i get? please i wanna know

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Question 882000: if something cost 60 cents and i have ten dollars how many can i get? please i wanna know

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Convert +60+ cent to +.6+ dollars
+10+%2F+.6+=+100%2F6+
+100%2F6+=+16.667+
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This isn't a whole number of items.
You can't get more than this, +17+
because +.6%2A17+=+10.2+, more than
+10+ dollars.
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So, you have to get +16+ items, and
that means you only use +.6%2A16+=+9.6+
$9.60 of the $10
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But, if you were buying, say, flour by the pound
and it costs +60+ cents/pound, then
you actually could get 16.667 pounds
for +10+ dollars.
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This wouldn't work if you were buying
marbles for +60+ cents/marble, since
you can't slice up a marble
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Does this help?