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Hondo owed $9 (-9) to Juanita. He owed 8 times that much to Miguel. How much did heowe to Miguel?- Hondo owes Miguel $63.- Hondo owes Miguel $72.- Hondo owes Miguel $64.- Hondo owes Miguel $81.

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• owed $9 to Juanita

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• owed 8 times that much to Miguel

Procedure

We know that Hondo owes $9 dollars to Juanita, which can be written algebraically as follows:

[tex]J=9[/tex]

where J represents how much Hondo owes to Juanita.

The next part which says "He owed 8 times that much to Miguel" we can write it algebraically as follows:

[tex]M=8\times J[/tex]

where M represents how much Hondo owes to Miguel. As we know the value of J, we can replace it in the expression:

[tex]M=8\times9[/tex][tex]M=72[/tex]

Answer: Hondo owes Miguel $72.

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