Question

Ason buys a pizza for $\$15.59$. He also buys $6$ sodas. Each soda costs the same amount. He spends $\$23.33$ on the pizza and the sodas.

Jason finds the cost of each soda by calculating $(23.33\ -\ 15.59)\ \div\ 6$. Tim finds the cost of each soda by solving the equation $15.59\ +\ 6c\ =\ 23.33$, where $c$ is the cost of each soda.

Which approach uses the sequence of operations necessary to find the cost of each soda: Jason’s, Tim’s, both, or neither? Explain why.

Answer 1

Both because they're basically the same thing ;-;

Explanation:

1) 23.33 - 15.59 = 7.29

7.74/6 = 1.29 So he bought 1 soda ;-;

2) 15.59 + 6c = 23.33 - Subtract 15.59 from both sides:

6c = 7.74 - Divide both sides by 6

c = 1.29 So he bought 1 soda again

The rest of the money is probably the tax so ;-;

Good luck and hopefully I helped!