Question

Jose bought snacks for his team's practice. He bought a bag of chips for $1.88 and a 12-pack of juice bottles. The total cost before tax was $14.84. Write and solve an equation that can be used to determine x, how much each bottle of juice costs.

Answer 1

Each juice bottle is $1.08

Explanation:

$14.84 (total before tax) - $1.88 (cost of bag of chips) = $12.96

$12.69 / 12 (bottles of juice bottles) = $1.08

Each juice bottle is $1.08

Answer 2

The equation is 12x+1.88 = 14.84

It solves to x = 1.08

This means one bottle of juice costs $1.08

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Work Shown:

x = cost of one bottle of juice

12x = cost of a 12-pack of juice

12x+1.88 = add on the cost of the chips

12x+1.88 = 14.84 is the equation to set up

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Let's solve for x

12x+1.88 = 14.84

12x = 14.84-1.88

12x = 12.96

x = 12.96/12

x = 1.08 is the cost of one bottle of juice