Question

Charlie bought hamburgers today and drinks for his friends. Each burger cost $3.75 and each drink cost .50 cents. In total Charlie paid $25.50 for his order. Write an equation that represents the number of burgers he bought,h, and the number of drinks he bought ,d.

Answer 1

3.75h + 0.5d = 25.50

Explanation:

Let 'h' represent the number of hamburger.

Let 'd' represent the number drink.

From the question given:

We were told that a hamburger (h) cost $ 3.75.

Therefore, h number hamburger will cost = h × 3.75 = 3.75h

Also, we were told that a drink cost 0.50 cent.

Therefore, d number of drink will cost = d × 0.5 = 0.5d

In total Charlie paid $25.50 for his order i.e

Total cost of hamburger + total cost of drink = 25.50

Total cost of hamburger = 3.75h

Total cost of drink = 0.5d

3.75h + 0.5d = 25.50

Thus, the equation representing the number of hamburgers (h) and the number of drinks (d) that Charlie bought is given as:

3.75h + 0.5d = 25.50