Question

A group of friends is going on a trip. They must pay a total of $681 to rent a bus for their trip. Along with the bus rental fee, the friends will also need to spend a total of $2,150 on hotels for the week. To pay for the cost of the bus and hotel, the friends held a bake sale and raised $691. They then decided to sell candy for $4 a bag of candy to cover the remaining costs. How many bags of candy must the friends sell?

Answer 1

$535

Step-by-step explanation: $681 + 2,150 = 2831 $2831- 691 = 2,140 $2,140/4 = 535 which means they need to sell 535 candy more.