Answer
We bought 11 candles.
Work Step by Step
The total cost is $\$18.60$
Each candle costs $\$0.62$
The candlestick holder is $\$11.78$
Plug this into the slope-intercept equation.
$y=mx+b$
$18.6=0.62x+11.78$
$0.62x=6.82$
$x=11$
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