Question

James has 20$ to pay for a movie ticket and candy. Each box of candy cost 2$, the movie ticket cost 12$. Write and equation that can be used to determine how many boxes of candy, c, James can buy

Answer 1

2c + 12 = 20. Simplified to 2c = 8

Explanation:

We can start with a Template

Y = Xc + C

Y being the total

X being candy price

c bring candy boxes, as stated

C being ticket price

Plugging those in we get

20 = 2c + 12

Since you bought the ticket with your $20, we can subtract the ticket price from both sides, giving you

8 = 2c or 2c = 8

Answer 2

4 candy boxes

Explanation:

2$ one candy box

then 20-12=8 then

left 8$ now,2$=1 candy box 8$=8÷2

Ans will be 4