SOLUTION: Andre needs to buy hamburgers and hot dogs for a picnic. He has only $23.00 to spend and must buy AT LEAST 78 hamburgers or hot dogs. A store charges $0.50 per hamburger and $0.25

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Question 936270: Andre needs to buy hamburgers and hot dogs for a picnic. He has only $23.00 to spend and must buy AT LEAST 78 hamburgers or hot dogs. A store charges $0.50 per hamburger and $0.25 per hot dog. Which of the following is a possible way Andre might buy the hamburgers and hot dogs?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
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If he bought 70 hotdogs,
that is:
and
not enough
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If he bought 68 hotdogs:

and
not enough
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If he bought 66 hotdogs

and

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If he bought 65 hotdogs:

and
almost
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If he bought 64 hotdogs:

and

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He can buy 64 hotdogs and 14 hamburgers