Question

A family ordered some candy bars and bags of chips for snacking. The number of candy bars was twice as much as the number of bags of chips. If the family spent a total of $5.50, how many bags of chips did the family buy?

Answer 1

The family bought approximately 2 bags of chips.

Explanation:

Given:

Total spent by family = $5.50

We need to find bags of chips did the family buy.

Solution:

Let number of bags of chips bought be 'x'.

Also Given:

The number of candy bars was twice as much as the number of bags of chips.

number of candy bars =
`2x`

Now we can say that;

Total spent by family is equal to sum of the number of bags of chips bought and number of candy bars.

framing in equation form we get;

`x+2x=5.5\\\\3x=5.5`

Dividing both side by 3 we get;

`(3x)/(3)=(5.5)/(3)\\\\x=1.83\approx2`

Hence the family bought approximately 2 bags of chips.