Question

A student bought two juice pouches for $1.25 each and 3 bags of chips. The total cost was $5.05 .write and solve an equation to determine the cost of a bag of chips,c

Answer 1

The cost of each bag of chip is $0.85

Explanation:

Given as :

The cost of one juice pouch = $1.25

The number of juice pouch = 2

The number of chips bag bought = 3

The total cost of 2 juice pouch and 3 chips bag = $5.05

Let The cost of each bag of chip = $c

Now, According to question

cost of one juice pouch × number of juice pouch + cost of each chips bag × number of chips bag = Total cost of both items

Or, $1.25 × 2 + $c × 3 = $5.05

Or, $2.5 + $c × 3 = $5.05

Or, $c × 3 = $5.05 - $2.5

Or, $c × 3 = $2.55

∴ c =
`(2.55)/(3)`

i.e c = $0.85

So, The cost of each bag of chip = c = $0.85

Hence,The cost of each bag of chip is $0.85 Answer