5. Alani paid $8.50 to get in the movies. Before she left home her parents gave her $20 to spend. If she bought candy that cost $3 each, how many pieces of candy can she buy wit…

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Eron Villarreal · Answer 1 · 2021-10-30T06:17:20+0000

Answer:

she can buy 3 pieces of candy

Explanation:

1. subtract the price of the ticket from $20

20 - 8.5 = 11.5

2. she has $11.50 left. divide that by the price of a piece of candy

11.5 / 3 = 3.83

she cannot buy 0.83 of a piece of candy, so you round down to the nearest whole number, which is 3.