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 For the next set of problems, the missing information is not at the beginning, so read carefully!

          Activity 1

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Mrs. Fox, a school cook, has $49.90 left from her paycheck.  She paid a 4-week newspaper bill, spent $46.28 for food, and deposited $99.50 in her savings account.  If her paycheck is $213.40, what is the weekly cost of the newspaper?

Activity 2

bullet Mrs. Chu has 18 shelves on which to display bottles of her blueberry syrup.  A year after she went into business, 2 shelves were added.  Three years later, the number of shelves tripled.  How many shelves were originally available for the bottles of her blueberry syrup?

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