Sabah has $450 to pay for college textbooks. She expects to pay about $75 per book. Her friend told her that 4 of them can be ch

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Sabah has $450 to pay for college textbooks. She expects to pay about $75 per book. Her friend told her that 4 of them can be ch

ecked out of the library for free.
Complete the equation below to find the total number of books that Sabah can get for her classes. Use b to represent the total books.

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sergeinik [125] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-23T00:59:32+03:00

450 is the total amount of money and it is divided by 75 to get the total number of books possible under that amount per book. The reason four is added is that it is stated that four of the books necessary are to be taken from a library for free. Therefore, when solved, b is equal to 10