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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 th…

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 th…
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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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Answer:

a) 40 = 8b

b) b = 5

Explanation:

(b) 40 = 8 × b

40 ÷ 8 = b

5 = b

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