Question

At the corner store near Billy’s

house, loose mixed nuts cost
$1.75 per 100 g. Write an
equation to represent the amount
of mixed nuts, n, he can buy if he
has d dollars. Then, use your
equation to determine how many
grams of mixed nuts Billy can buy
if he has $5.

Answer 1

d = 0.0175n ---> required equation

Billy can buy 285.714 gram nut with $5

Explanation:

cost of 100g loose nut = $1.75

dividing LHS and RHS by 100

cost of 100/100g loose nut = $1.75

Thus, cost of 1 gm loose nut = $0.0175

let the weight of loose nut be n gm

Multiplying LHS and RHS by n

cost of x g loose nut = $0.0175*n = $0.0175n

It is given that Billy spent d dollars to buy n gm nuts

thus,

d = 0.0175n ---> required equation

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He spent $5 to buy nuts

substituting value of d as 5 we have

0.0175n = 5

=>n = 5/0.0175 = 285.714

Thus, Billy can buy 285.714 gram nut with $5.