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  • 03-11-2021
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Melissa bought 40 books. Melissa bought 8 times as many books as Brian. Let b be the number of books that Brian bought
(a) Write an estuation that relates the number of books that they bought.
Use 40, b, and 8
(b) Find b.

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Dilu2006
Dilu2006 Dilu2006
  • 03-11-2021

Answer:

a) 40 = 8b

b) b = 5

Step-by-step explanation:

(b) 40 = 8 × b

40 ÷ 8 = b

5 = b

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