Melissa bought 40 books. Melissa bought 8 times as many books as Brian. Let b be the number of books that Brian bought

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Kay [80]2 years ago

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Answer:

a) 40 = 8b

b) b = 5

Step-by-step explanation:

(b) 40 = 8 × b

40 ÷ 8 = b

5 = b

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