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myrna spent $21.95 on treats to put in Gift of Love boxes for the needy children in her city. A candy bar coasts $0.80 and a bag of trail mix costs $0.65. Myrna bought 7 more candy bags of trail mix than candy bars. How many candy bars did she buy? this is tricky and i need help pls.... ty

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Myrna bought 7 more bags of trail mix than candy bars. Therefore, she bought 7 more items of trail mix than candy bars.

To find out how many candy bars Myrna bought, we need to subtract 7 from the total number of items she bought.

Since each candy bar costs $0.80 and each bag of trail mix costs $0.65, the total cost of the candy bars is (0.80 * (number of candy bars)) and the total cost of the trail mix is (0.65 * (number of trail mix bags).

Therefore, the equation to solve would be:

0.80x + 0.65(x+7) = 21.95

This equation simplifies to:

0.45x = 21.95

And then we divide both sides by 0.45 to get the answer:

x = 48.8

Myrna bought 48 candy bars.

Answered by Kayla Jimenez

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