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Your school is selling granola bars for a fundraiser. They purchased 1250 granola bars and paid a delivery fee of $25. The total cost including delivery fee, was $800. What was the cost of each granola bar? Define a variable, write an equation, and solve.

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Hello!

First we have to define a variable.

Let x stand for the price of a granola bar

Then we have to make our equation

1250x + 25 = 800

This is the equation because the price for all the granola bars and delivery was $800

Now we solve it

Subtract 25 from both sides

1250x = 775

divide 1250 from both sides

x = 0.62

The cost for a granola bar is $0.62 or 62 cents

Hope this helps!
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