Your balance is $42. You buy lunch every day for $1.80 and sometimes buy a snack for $0.85. After 20 days you have a balance of $0.05. How much snacks did you buy?
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Answer:The answer to your question is: I bought 7 snacksStep-by-step explanation:Databeginning balance = $42 = blunch = $1.80 = lsnack = $ 0.85 = sfinal balance = $0.05 = f f = b - 1.8l - 0.05s 0.05 = 42 - 1.8l - 0.85sAfter 20 days I spent = 1.8(20) in lunches = $36 0.05 = 42 - 36 - 0.85s 0.05 = 6 - 0.85s 0.05 - 6 = -0.85s -5.95 = -0.85s s = -5.95/-0.85 s = 7