Question

A company orders 11 boxed lunches from a deli for $108.90. If each boxed lunch costs

the same amount, how much do 17 boxed lunches cost?

Answer 1

$168.3

Do 108.90 divided by 11 to get the price of one of the boxes then multiply it by 17

Answer 2

$7.95

Explanation:

The equation c = 7.95b represents the total cost of the boxed lunches

c represents the total cost

b represents the number of boxed lunches

To find the total cost of multiple items, you generally multiply the cost of a single item by the number of items there are.

Using this, we can find the cost per item is 7.95 dollars, or 7 dollars and 95 cents.