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Question: A library charges 5 cents per day for overdue books. One person took a book from the library and paid 55 cents as fine. For how many days was the book overdue?


A ) 12
B ) 11
C ) 10
D ) 9

Steps to derive

1 Let n be the number of days the book was overdue.

 [Original equation.]
2 55 = n x 5

 [Divide each side by 5.]
3 n = 11

4 The book was overdue for 11 days .



Hence the right answer is Option B

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