Question

Leroy, the certified couch potato, purchased 1 bottle of brown fizz for $2.25 and 3 bags of barbecue pork rinds. If Leroy paid $10.50 altogether for these items, how much did each bag of pork rinds cost?​

Answer 1

$2.75

Explanation:

Let p=the cost for one bag of bbq pork rinds; then 3p=the cost for all three bags.

Subtract the cost of the one bottle of brown fizz from the $10.50 to get the cost of the three bags of pork rinds: 10.50-2.25=8.25

3p=8.25, so p=2.75