Lashonda got a prepaid debit card with $15 on it. For her first purchase with the card, she bought some bulk ribbon at a craft store. The price of the ribbon was 19 cents per yard. If after that purchase there was $10.44 left on the card, how many yards of ribbon did Lashonda buy?

24 yards of ribbon ️️

24 yards of ribbon

Step-by-step explanation:

1. figure out how much she spent

if the card started with $15 on it, and there's $10.44 left, that means she spent $4.56

2. divide

divide 4.56 (money spent) by .19 (cost per yard) to get your answer

24

24 yards of ribbon

arrange the equations with like terms in columns.

analyze the coefficients of x or y.

add the equations and solve for the remaining variable.

substitute the value into either equation and solve.

check the solution.

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