Chloe can buy 7 pencil boxes and have 1 dollar left
<em>multiply both sides by 5 </em> 3(15k+10)=5(12k-9)
<em>get rid of the brackets</em> 45k+30=60k-45
<em>take away 45k to both sides</em> 30=15k-45
<em>plus 45 to both sides</em> 75=15k
<em>divide both by 15</em> k=5
Answer: 17/3
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