Question

The amount of money nick spent on 12 cans of soda was $3. Write an equation relating the amount spent to the the number of cans purchased. Then find out how many cans you can buy for $28.50.

Answer 1

12y=$3

114 cans

Explanation:

Let the cost of every can be represented by y. Therefore, for 12 cans, the cost will be the product of y cans and 12 hence cost is 12y

Since the cost incurred is $3 then we can represent these as

12y=$3

To solve for y, we divide both sides by 12 hence

Y=$3/12=$0.25

To find the number of cans that one will get with a buget of $28.5, we divide the budget by the cost of a can. This will be $28.5/$0.25=114 cans