Question

At a restaurant, Gabe buys 1 cheese pizza and 3 pepperoni pizzas. A cheese pizza costs $11.00. In total, Gabe spends $57.59, including 6% tax on the cost of the pizza and a $3.00 tip.

What is the cost of each pepperoni pizza?

Answer 1

$13.53

Explanation:

Let's call the cost of a pepperoni pizza x.The total cost of the cheese and pepperoni pizzas before tax and tip is 1 * $11.00 + 3 * x = $57.59 - $3.00Simplifying the expression on the right side: $54.59 - $3.00 = $51.59Now we can solve for x:1 * $11.00 + 3 * x = $51.593 * x = $51.59 - $11.003 * x = $40.59x = $13.53So each pepperoni pizza costs $13.53