Samantha goes into a candy store with $6.00. She buys 9 peppermints for $0.25 each, and some sour candies. Each sour candy costs $0.35. Enter the maximum number of sour candies Samantha can buy.

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Tia Walters

14 August, 16:37

Samantha goes into a candy store with $6.00. She buys 9 peppermints for $0.25 each, and some sour candies. Each sour candy costs $0.35. Enter the maximum number of sour candies Samantha can buy.

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Janae Ellison · Answer 1

10 Sour Candies

Step-by-step explanation:

First you have to figure out the cost of the peppermints

9 x 0.25 = 2.25

Now figure out how much money Samantha has left over

6.00 - 2.25 = $3.75

Divide that amount by 0.35 (sour candy cost)

3.75 / 0.35 = 10.7

Assume that the store does not sell 0.7 of a candy, and you have

10 Sour Candies