A student got a juice box for $2.50 and some bags of chips for $0.85 each bag. The total cost was $5.05. What equation can be used to find the number of bags of chips? use x How many bags of chips did

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Japan Trivedi asked Dec 18, 2022

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He got scammed for paying $2.50 for a Juice box

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Answer:

3 bags

Explanation:

The equation for total cost:

2.50 + 0.85x = 5.05

Solve for x:

0.85x = 5.05 - 2.50
0.85x = 2.55
x = 2.55/0.85
x = 3

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