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if kennel wants to buy an equal number of notebooks and pens with 40 dollars what is the max number she can buy

Sagot :

Let's use the variable 'n' to represent the cost of a notebook and 'p' the cost of a pen.

If Kennel wants an equal number of notebooks and pens, we can create a group of one notebook and one pen, and the resulting cost will be 'n + p'

Then, to find the number of these groups Kennel can buy, we just need to divide the amount of money ($40) by the cost of the group of one notebook and one pen:

[tex]\max \text{ number}=\frac{40}{n+p}[/tex]

If the result is not a whole number, we need to round it down, since we can't spend more money than the budget of $40.