Answer:
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Total owed to the business = $100,000
amount that could not be collected = $5000
Fraction of total not collected
Let x equal the number of strawberries while y is the total amount of money she had.
The equation is: 2.25(x)+8.75=y.
Then, if she bought 4 pounds of strawberries, it would work as follows: 2.25(4)+8.75 is the total amount. That means 9+8.75 would be the total. Thus, the amount of money she started out with was 17.75 dollars.
Answer:
x/6 + 3 = 8
x/6 = 5
x = 30
Step-by-step explanation: