Question

I went to the store to buy some groceries for dinner. I bought chicken for $12. I also bought 6 peppers. If I spent a total of $21, how much did each pepper cost

Answer 1

Explanation:

In total, you spent 21$ and you already know that you spent 12$ on chicken, so first you would take 21 and subtract it by 12 resulting in 9.

So if you bought 6 peppers, you would divide the 9 dollars you spent in total on peppers and divide it by 6 resulting in 1.5$ so you spent 1.5$ on each pepper or 1 dollar and 50 cents.

Simpler terms:

21$-12$=9$

9$/6$=1.50$

1 Dollar and 50 Cents Per Pepper