Question

Hector has a 5 dollar off coupon on Brenda's bagels. Bagels cost 8.99 dollars a dozen. Write an equation that models the total amount of money y hector owes if he buys x dozen bagels.

Answer 1

if x is the number of dozens of bagels, and y is the cost that Hector has to pay
(8.99x)-5=y is the equation you could use