James went to the store to return a defective $45 tape recorder for a refund. At the same time, he bought some batteries for $3 per package. If he received $33 dollars of his refund, how many packages of batteries did he buy?

4

Step-by-step explanation:

he should have gotten 45 back

but he only got 33

so the DIFFERENCE is how much he got in batteries, how many packs? well 45−33 = 12   12÷3=4

2 and 1.

step-by-step explanation:

plug in each answer. 0 doesn't work, 1 does. so does 2. 4 doesn't:

0 = 1 is not true.

2 = 2 is true.

4 = 4 is true.

8 = 16 is not true.

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