Question

Maria is doing her back to school shopping this weekend. If she need 5 new spirals and 2

binders for a total of $16.34.Write an equation for the given situation using s for the cost of
each spiral and b for the cost of each binder.

Answer 1

5s+2b=16.34 hope this helps

Answer 2

5s + 2b = $16.34

Explanation:

We know she needs 5 spirals and 2 binders and that the cost price equals $16.34. Since $16.34 is the cost of all objects, we put that as the equation's answer.

= $16.34

Now since we know that s represents the number of spirals she needs, and she needs 5, our variable would be 5s, the cost of the spirals multiplied by 5. The same goes for binders, she needs 2 binders, therefore our variable is 2b, the cost of the binders multiplied by 2. Since both objects listed are adding up to $16.34, we would use 5s + 2b.

Our final equation is:

5s + 2b = $16.34