Question

6. An ice cream costs 15 more than a cold drink. If the cost of

buying 5 ice creams is 125, find the price of a cold drink.

Answer 1

10.00 dollars is the answer

Answer 2

The price of a cold drink is 10 dollars.

Explanation:

We can use proportion.

`(5 \: ice \: creams)/(125 \: dollars) = (1 \: ice \: cream)/(x) \\ \\ (5x)/(5) = (125)/(5) \\ \\ x = 25`

So we found out that one ice-cream costs $25.00.

The statement said, "An ice cream costs 15 more than a cold drink"

In other words, A cold drink costs 15 dollars less than an ice cream.

So we would subtract.

`25 - 15 = 10`

So a cold drink costs $10.00.