Joe needs to buy supplies for a birthday party.  At the store, balloons cost $0.50 each and party hats each cost $1.25.  If Joe wants to spend exactly $20 on the party supplies, which equation below represents the number of balloons (b) and the number of party hats (h) that he can buy?

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Joe needs to buy supplies for a birthday party.  At the store, balloons cost $0.50 each and party hats each cost $1.25.  If Joe wants to spend exactly $20 on the party supplies, which equation below represents the number of balloons (b) and the number of party hats (h) that he can buy?

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