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The Consumers' Dilemma
The Lackwicks, Jim and Karen, are very excited about their $600 tax rebate check which is due in the mail any day. They plan to spend the full amount at heretoday.com, their favorite online shopping website. Heretoday is offering a Rebate Blowout Sale, and the only restriction is a one hundred item limit for the shopping cart.
Jim and Karen were going to purchase three things in quantity (at least one of each): Carrot-Patch Kids for $18 each; Bubble Bunnies for $12 each; and Gummy Hares for $3 apiece. Describe one way in which the Lackwicks can purchase a total of 100 of these items for exactly six hundred dollars.
EXTRA: Find all the ways the Lackwicks can make this purchase.
source: an update on the Farmer's Dilemma from ancient times.
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