Question

The Hipster Dance company purchases 5 bus tickets that cost $150 each,and they have 7 bags that cost b dollars each.If the total bill is $823.50,how mich does each bag cost?

Answer 1

Answer: $\ 10.50$

Step-by-step explanation:

Let be "b" the cost in dollars of each bag.

According to the information provided in the exercise, yo know that the total cost of 5 bus tickets that the Hipster Dance company purchases is:

$(\ 150)(5)=\ 750$

And they have 7 bags that cost "b" dollars each. So, the total cost of 7 bags can be represented with this expression:

$7b$

Since the total bill is $823.50, you can write the following equation to represent this situation:

$750+7b=823.50$

Solving for "b", you get:

$b=823.50-750\\\\b=\frac{73.50}{7}\\\\b=10.50$