William had $500 in his bank account to use for the fall semester in college. He purchased textbooks for $260 and plans to spend the remaining amount of money on meals. Each meal at the dining hall costs $7. What is the maximum amount of meals William can purchase without going over his budget?

Step-by-step explanation:

remaining amount: 500-260= 240

amount of meals he can purchase= 240/7= 34.28

which means 34 meals ( maximum amount without going over budget)

34

Step-by-step explanation:

take 500 and subtract 260 then you get 240 divide that by the cost of the meals and you'll get 34.2, but you cant get .2 of a meal so its 34

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step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!