Question

Geogetown passed an ordinance that requires a 5 cent water bottle tax to be charged for every bottle of water purchased. if a customer at a store in georgetwon paid 65 cents in a water bottle ta, how many bottles of a water bittle did the customer purchase?

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Answer 1

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Answer:

13

Explanation:

If w represents the number of water bottles purchased, then you have ...

5w = 65 . . . . cents tax paid

w = 65/5 = 13 . . . . divide by the coefficient of w

The customer purchased 13 bottles of water.