Question

A customer went to a garden shop and bought some potting soil for 17.50 and 4 shrubs. The total bill was 53.50. Write and solve an equation to find the price of each shrub.

Answer 1

Each shrub is $9.

Explanation:

You are looking for the price of the shrub plants. Since you know that the plants' price with the soil's price totals the purchase at $53.50, your equation should look like this:

`4p + 17.50 = 53.50`

After that, use the order of operations to solve the price of the shrubs.

`4p + 17.50 = 53.50 \\4p + 17.50-17.50 = 53.50-17.50\\4p = 36\\4p/4 = 36/4\\p=9`