Question

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A customer went to a garden shop and bought some potting soil for $11.50 and 9 shrubs. The total bill was $94.75. Write and solve an equation to find the price of each shrub.


A. 9p + $11.50 = $94.75; p = $11.75

B. 9p + 11.5p = $94.75; p = $4.62

C. 9(p + $11.50) = $94.75; p = $5.00

D. 9p + $11.50 = $94.75; p = $9.25

Answer 1

D. 9p + $11.50 = $94.75; p = $9.25

Explanation:

To answer this problem, let p be the price of each scrub. The total bill (t) is the sum of the price of the potting soil (s) and of the 9 scrubs (n). This is depicted in the equation,

$11.50 + 9p = $94.75

The value of p from the equation is 9.25. Thus, each scrub costs $9.25. The answer is letter D.

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Let

p---------> the price of each scrub

s----------> the price of the potting soil

T--------> total bill

we know that

in this problem

substitute the values in the formula above

solve for p

therefore

the answer is the option D

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