Question

11. Jenn bought 4 identical book

bags online for a total cost of
$95.65 including a flat ate of
$4.99 for shipping. Write an
equation to find the cost of each
book bag, b.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let x be the cost of each book bag. Then, we can set up the following equation based on the information given:

4x + 4.99 = 95.65

Here, 4x represents the cost of the four identical book bags, and 4.99 is the flat rate for shipping. We add them up to get the total cost of $95.65.

To solve for x, we can first subtract 4.99 from both sides of the equation to isolate the term 4x on the left-hand side:

4x = 90.66

Then, we can divide both sides of the equation by 4 to solve for x:

x = 22.67

Therefore, each book bag costs $22.67.