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10. While at the beach, Daniel buys lunch for

his family from a food stand. He purchases
one hot dog for $2.50 and 3 hamburgers. If he
spent $ 13 total, write and solve an equation to
find h, the amount each hamburger cost.

User Akf
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Each hamburger cost 3.50! Hope this helps
User Sourav Bagchi
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Answer: Each hamburger cost $3.50

Explanation:

He spent $13 in total and bought one hot dog for $2.50 and 3 hamburgers but we don't know the price of one hamburger so we could represent it by the equation,

2.50 + 3h = 13 Now solve for x

-2.50 2.50

3h = 10.50

h = 3.50

Check:

2.50 + 3(3.50) = 13

2.50 + 10.50 = 13

13= 13

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