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Algebra Difficulty 1.4 Junior Find the answer Canada

Eloise purchased a number of water hand pumps to give to a
charity. The mean (average) price was $\$85$ per water pump. If Eloise spent a
total of $\$765$ , how many water
pumps did she purchase?

Pick one

Solution

Eloise spent a total of $\$765$ and the mean price of each water
pump was $\$85$ .

Thus, Eloise purchased $\frac{\$765}{\$85}=9$ water pumps.

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