Question

Jonathan bought snacks for his team's practice. He bought a bag of oranges for $2.66 and a 20-pack of juice bottles. The total cost before tax was $12.06. How much was each bottle of juice?

a) $0.35
b) $0.50
c) $0.55
d) $0.75

Answer 1

After subtracting the cost of oranges from the total cost and dividing by the number of juice bottles, it is found that each bottle costs approximately $0.47, and the closest option given is $0.50 per bottle.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks to find the cost of each bottle of juice when Jonathan bought snacks for his team's practice. He purchased a bag of oranges for $2.66 and a 20-pack of juice bottles with the total cost before tax being $12.06. To find the cost per bottle, we follow these steps:

1. Subtract the cost of the oranges ($2.66) from the total cost before tax ($12.06) to find the cost of the 20-pack of juice bottles.
2. Divide the cost of the 20-pack of juice bottles by the number of bottles (20) to get the cost per bottle.

Therefore, we calculate $12.06 (total cost) - $2.66 (cost of oranges) = $9.40 (cost for juice bottles). Then, dividing the cost for juice bottles by the number of bottles, $9.40 / 20 = $0.47 per bottle. However, since $0.47 is not one of the options and rounding to the nearest option gives us $0.50, we can conclude that option b) $0.50 is the cost per bottle of juice.