Answer:
40 pencil cases
Step-by-step explanation:
To find out how many $2.50 pencil cases you can buy with $100, you need to divide. Dividing the amount of money you have by the cost of the item will get you the amount of items you can buy. 100 divided by 2.50 is 40. So, you can get 40 cases.
Answer:
Decimal answer: 0.75 months. Fraction answer: 3/4
Step-by-step explanation: You have to make the 27 months into years, which is 2.25 years. Then subtract 2.25 from 3 and it equals 0.75.
This problem is mainly concerned with setting up an equation.
let's add the interest rates times their respective investment amounts:



simplify:

sum of interest:

1780 = (9000+x) 0.10 + x 0.06 + (11000-2x)0.08


solution:
He does not have any invested in the 6%, while he has 9000 invested at 10% and 11,000 invested at 8%
to check:


So this ended up being a trick problem because he does not actually have any invested in the 6% option.