Jody is buying a scrapbook and sheets of designer paper. She has $40 and needs at least $19.00 to buy the scrapbook. Each sheet of paper costs $3.00. How many sheets of paper can she buy?

7 sheets of paper

Step-by-step explanation:

$40-$19=$21

$21/$3=7 sheets of paper.

In words:

I did 40 minus 19 to get 21, and the divided 21 by 3 to get 7 sheets of paper.

step-by-step explanation:

no, her answer is not correct.   we square the lengths of all sides and then determine whether the pythagorean theorem holds here:

9² + 15² = 306.   this is not equal to the square of the longest side ( that square being 395.   answer c is correct.