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A certain restaurant that regularly advertises through the mail has 1,040 cover letters and 3,000 coupons in stock. In its next mailing, each envelope will contain 1 cover letter and 2 coupons. If all of the cover letters in stock are used, how many coupons will remain in stock after this mailing?

A. 920
B. 1,040
C. 1,500
D. 1,960
E. 2,080


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All the cover letters will be used and since each envelope contains only 1 cover letter, 1,040 envelopes will be created. Each envelope will contain 2 coupons, so 1,040*2=2,080 coupons. The original value of coupons minus the number of coupons that will be used is 3,000-2,080=920 coupons.

The correct answer is A.
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since there are 1040 cover letters, therefore no:of coupons sent across with letters = 2 * 1040 =>2080
Remaining coupons = 3000 - 2080
= 920
Hence, A
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Given:
    • A certain restaurant advertises through mail
    • It has 1040 cover letters and 3000 coupons in stock
    • In its next mailing, each envelope will contain 1 cover letter and 2 coupons

To find:
    • How many coupons will remain in stock after mailing, if all cover letters in stock are used

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Each envelope will contain 1 cover letter
    • Therefore, if all cover letters are used, then number of envelopes = 1040

Also, each envelope will contain 2 coupons
    • Therefore, number of coupons used = 1040 * 2 = 2080

Hence, number of coupons that remain in stock = 3000 – 2080 = 920

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Answer: A
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A certain restaurant that regularly advertises through the mail has 1,040 cover letters and 3,000 coupons in stock. In its next mailing, each envelope will contain 1 cover letter and 2 coupons. If all of the cover letters in stock are used, how many coupons will remain in stock after this mailing?


A. 920

B. 1,040

C. 1,500

D. 1,960

E. 2,080
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Since all 1,040 cover letters were used, twice as many coupons, or 2,080 coupons, were used. Therefore, there are 3,000 - 2,080 = 920 coupons left.

Answer: A
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3000-(1040*2)= 920
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Since there are 1040 cover letters so coupons used are double - 2080
Remaining coupons - 3000 - 2080 = 920
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1040 cover letters

no: sent across with letters = 2 * 1040 =>2080
Remaining coupons = 3000 - 2080
= 920
Hence, A

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A certain restaurant that regularly advertises through the mail has 1,040 cover letters and 3,000 coupons in stock. In its next mailing, each envelope will contain 1 cover letter and 2 coupons. If all of the cover letters in stock are used, how many coupons will remain in stock after this mailing?


A. 920

B. 1,040

C. 1,500

D. 1,960

E. 2,080
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Total number of cover letters = 1040

Total number of coupons = 3000

Total number of coupons exhausted in mailing = 1040*2 = 2080

Thus, total number of coupons left = 3000 - 2080 = 920

Thus, the correct option is A.
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If there are 1,040 cover letters and each envelope contains 1 cover letter, then the number of envelopes that can be sent is 1,040.

Since each envelope also contains 2 coupons, the total number of coupons that will be used is 1,040 * 2 = 2,080.

To find the number of coupons remaining in stock after the mailing, we need to subtract the used coupons from the total number of coupons in stock:

Remaining coupons = Total coupons - Used coupons = 3,000 - 2,080 = 920

Therefore, there will be 920 coupons remaining in stock after this mailing, which corresponds to option (A).
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Each envelope uses 1 cover letter and 2 coupons.
Using all 1,040 cover letters means 1,040 envelopes → coupons used = 2×1,040=2,080.

Starting with 3,000 coupons, the remainder is:
3,000−2,080=920

Answer: 920 (A)
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