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The Hipster Dance company purchases 5 bus tickets that cost $150 each,and they have 7 bags that cost b dollars each.If the total bill is $823.50,how mich does each bag cost?

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Answer:
\$10.50

Explanation:

Let be "b" the cost in dollars of each bag.

According to the information provided in the exercise, yo know that the total cost of 5 bus tickets that the Hipster Dance company purchases is:


(\$150)(5)=\$750

And they have 7 bags that cost "b" dollars each. So, the total cost of 7 bags can be represented with this expression:


7b

Since the total bill is $823.50, you can write the following equation to represent this situation:


750+7b=823.50

Solving for "b", you get:


b=823.50-750\\\\b=(73.50)/(7)\\\\b=10.50

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