Jamie has saved $42 of her allowance money to buy books. If she buys 5 books at d dollars per book, she will have 42-5d of her allowance left. How much does she have left if the books cost $3.50 each?
If d in the equation is the cost of each book and each book is $3.50 the equation will look like this
42 - 5($3.50)
42 - 17.50
24.50
Once the equation is solved your left with the answer which is $24.50
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