Question

Rose bought a bag of potatoes for $6.00 and some granola bars for $5.25 per package. Her total bill was $74.25. How many packages of granola bars did she buy? Enter your answer in the box.

Answer 1

Rose bought 14 packages of granola bars.

Explanation:

Total bill = 1 bag of potatoes + x amount of packages of granola bars

Total bill = $74.25

1 bag of potatoes = $6.00

1 package of granola bar = 5.25

We set the equation to:

74.25 = 6.00 + 5.25x

Subtract 6.00 from both sides:

68.25 = 5.25x

Divide both sides by 5.25 to leave x by itself

68.25/5.25 = 5.25x/5.25

13 = x

This means Rose bought 13 packages of granola bars.

Let's recheck our work by inputting x = 13 into the equation:

74.25 = 6.00 + 5.25(13)

74.25 = 6.00 + 68.25

74.25 = 74.25