Question

Mrs. Williams shops at a store that has an annual membership fee of $30. Today she paid her annual membership and bought several fruit baskets costing $15 each as gifts for her coworkers. Her total was $105. Solve the equation 15b+30=105 to find the number of fruit baskets Mrs. Williams purchased.

Answer 1

She bought 5 fruit baskets.

105-30=75/15=5

Answer 2

The first step is to get b by its self:

To do this, subtract 30 from both sides:

15b = 75

Then divide each side by 15:

b = 5

So Mrs. Williams bought 5 fruit baskets.

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