Question

Jane is selling handmade hair bows for $5.25 each. A woman came by to buy some for the girls in her daughter's girl scout troop. She spent $84. How many hairbows did she buy? Show Your Work

Answer 1

We know that each bow cost $5.25.

We also know that the woman spent a total of $84.

Lets call x the number of bows she bought.

Then, we can write:

`\begin{gathered} 5.25\cdot x=84 \\ x=(84)/(5.25)=16 \end{gathered}`

The woman bought 16 bows.