Question

Melisande collected 14 bottles on Saturday and 9 bottles on Sunday for recycling. On Monday, she took all the bottles to the recycling center, where they paid her a certain amount, b, for each bottle. However, she had to pay the recycling center a one-time service fee of $0.25. If she left there with $3.20 for the bottles, what is the value of b?

A)$0.14
B)$0.15
C)$0.23
D)$0.69
which is it?

Answer 1

the anwer is B. $0.15 i hope this helps

Answer 2

Option B is correct that is amount she is getting per bottle is $0.15

Explanation:

We have been given the information that melisande collected 14 bottles on saturday and 9 bottles on sunday

That means she has collected total of 23 bottles

Let us assume that the amount she is paid for recycling is $b

Since, she is left with $3.20 after the amount she gets for bottles we will get the equation below:

23b=3.20

Now, since she has to pay one time service fee equation will become

23b -0.25 =3.20

After simplification we will get

23b=3.20+0.25=3.45

b=3.45/23=.15

b=$0.15

Therefore, The amount she is getting per bottle is $0.15