At a particular music store, cds are on sale at $14.00 for the first one purchased and $12.00 for each additional disc purchased. maria spends $86.00 on cds. how many cds has maria purchased?

To calculate the answer, we subtract $ 14 from the first CD to the total amount spent, which is $ 86.
 So:
 $ 86- $ 14 = 72
 The rest of the CDs cost $ 12.
 Then we divide $ 72 between $ 12
 $ 72 / $ 12 = 6.
 That means that 6 CDs were bought at $ 12 plus the first one bought at $ 14.
 So the number of CDs that María bought was 7

The answer for you question is b

Do the math. she originally had 50 dollars on her gift card and she had 12 dollars left on her gift card after she finished her shopping spree. if you subtract 50 minus 12 you get thirty eight dollars as your answer. so therefore, ciara spent 38 dollars total o