Problem:
Ike and Mike go into a sandwich shop with a total of to spend. Sandwiches cost each and soft drinks cost each. Ike and Mike plan to buy as many sandwiches as they can, and use any remaining money to buy soft drinks. Counting both sandwiches and soft drinks, how many items will they buy?
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Solution:
If they buy sandwiches, they would spend dollars. This means that they would not be able to buy any more sandwiches. They would then have dollars left. With this, they could buy sodas. They would therefore buy a total of items.
Thus, the correct answer is .
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