Question

George goes to the supermarket to buy some canned tomatoes to make salsa for a party. The cans are on sale for $0.95 each. He has $4.75. Let x represent the number of cans that he can buy. Which equation models this situation?

Answer 1

Answer: 0.95x = 4.75

Explanation:

Since we do not know how much George can buy, we will put x as 0.95x

If you solve 0.95x=4.75 by dividing 0.95 on both sides you will get the number of cans he can buy which is 5.

Answer 2

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Explanation:

Take the price of each can and multiply by the cost of the cans

.95x

This must be less than or equal to 4.75

.95x ≤ 4.75

They may choose to use an equals sign, since they asked for an equation

.95x = 4.75