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Vilma bought a portable radio for $22 and 4 sets of headphones for $􀝀 each in an electronic shop yesterday. She paid a total of $70. Solve for 􀝀 .  \n2. Myrna used her 2 year-warranty cards for repairs to the 3 defective laptops from her order of 18 laptops. The other 􀝉 laptops are working properly. Solve for 􀝉 .  \n3. The original price of the portable speaker is $46 and the portable fan is $32. Carina paid $38 for portable speakers after getting a discount of 􀝇 . Solve for 􀝇 .  \n4. The store manager, Michelle, received a delivery of 3 boxes of memory sticks and 2 boxes of selfie sticks from the supplier. Each box contains 􀝒 memory sticks. She found that they received 360 memory sticks in all. Solve for 􀝒 .  \n5. There were 􀝌 digital cameras displayed in the gadget store. 35 of them were waterproof digital cameras and the other 8 cameras were non-waterproof. Solve for 􀝌 .  \n6. 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