Question

Carmen wins $35 in the contest tubes of her favorite brand of paint cost $4.80 each paint brushes cost $6.70 each. How many tubes of paint can Carmen buy with her winnings and still have enough left for 2 brushes explain how you found the answer

Answer 1

Answer:

4 tubes of paint

Step-by-step explanation:

Carmen needs 2 paint brushes which cost $6.70, so,

6.70+6.70= 13.4

So we can take Carmen's total winnings, $35, and subtract the cost of the paint brushes.

35-13.4=20.6

After buying two paint brushes, she would have $20.60 left for paint. Each paint cost $4.80, so we need to find out how many 4.8 we can get out of 20.6. We can divide to find this.

20.6/4.8=4.29166667

We take the whole number, 4, because obviously she can't buy have a tube.

We then have our answer, Carmen can get 4 tubes of paint.