Question

London bought snacks for her team's practice. She bought a bag of apples for $2.25

and a 18-pack of juice bottles. The total cost before tax was $9.63. Write and solve an
equation which can be used to determine j, how much each bottle of juice costs?

Answer 1

9.63 - 2.25 = 18j

j = 0.41

Explanation:

first you set the equation equal to 18 since you want to find out what each bottle of juice costs.

= 18j

if the total cost was 9.63 you need to subtract 2.25 form it to find out how much the 18-pack of juice bottles was. so you set 9.63 - 2.25 equal to 18j

9.63 - 2.25 = 18j

7.38 = 18j

0.41 = j

Check your work:

9.63 - 2.25 = 18(0.41)

7.38 = 7.38 true!

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