Question

Messing collected 14 bottles and on Saturday she collected 9 more bottles. She took all her bottles to a recycling center where they paid her b. She had to pay the center a fee of .25$. If she left with $3.20 what is the value of b

Answer 1

Now according to our question the center pay her 'b' dollars and after she paid a fee of .25 dollars she was left with 3.20 dollars.

So

$\begin{gathered} b-0.25=3.20 \\ b=3.20+0.25 \\ b=3.45 \\ So\text{ value of b is 3.45 dollars.} \end{gathered}$