A school librarian has enough money to order 8 paperback books at $155 each. If the librarian decided instead to
order books with hard covers at $188 each, how many books can the librarian buy?

Answer :

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money he has  :   155 *8  =     800 + 440  =  1240

SO  1240 / 188 ≈ 6.59

so answer  is  6  as you cannot buy half books...

Answer: 6 hard cover books

Step-by-step explanation:

$155 x 8 =1,240

$188 x 6 = 1,128 which is as close as you can get without going over

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