Question

Frank has $50 dollars to buy party supplies. He wants to buy chips and dip. He has already bought seven bags of chips that costs him $32. The dip he wants to buy has a unit cost of $2.25 per container. Write and solve an equation, or inequality, to determine the number of containers of dip Frank can buy.

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Answer 1

Answer: 32+2.25(8)=50

Explanation:

If you have $50 and waste $32 that leaves you with $18.

If each dip cost 2.25 you can have a total of 8 dips.

32+2.25(x)=50

32+2.25(8)=50