Question

Jamie sees a sale at the Gaming Store where all games are the same price. He buys 3 video games. His sister talks him into also buying two $1.50 candy bars and a $2.00 drink for a total of $57.50. Write an equation to find the price of one video game.

Answer 1

Answer: 3x + 5 = 57.50

Explanation:

Assume that the price of one video game is x. Jamie bought 3 video games so the expression will be:

= 3x

His sister talked him into buying two $1.50 candy bars and a $2.00 drink. The total of this is:

= 1.50 + 1.50 + 2.00

= $5.00

The total amount spent on both the video game and the snacks is $57.50. Equation will therefore be:

3x + 5 = 57.50