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Ella and her children went into a bakery and where they sell cookies for $0.50 each and brownies for $2.25 each. Ella has $15 to spend and must buy a minimum of 9 cookies and brownies altogether. If Ella decided to buy 5 cookies, determine the maximum number of brownies that she could buy. If there are no possible solutions, submit an empty answer.

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Answer: 5 brownies

Step-by-step explanation:

cookies = 5 x $0.50 = $2.5

$15 - $2.5 = $12.5

$12.5 divided by $2.25 = $5.555

so at the most ella can buy 5 brownies if she buys 5 cookies

Answer:

If each cookie is .50 and she wants to buy 5 cookies @ .50= $2.50

Than subtract $2,50 from $15.00 (which she has to spend you have $12.50

Then divide 2.25 into $12.5 and you get an answer of 5 brownies with a $1.30 extra to spend

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