Question

Diane received a $80 gift card for a coffee store. She used it in buying some coffee that cost $8.04 per pound. After buying the coffee, she had $47.84 left on her card. How many pounds of coffee did she buy? pounds ?

Answer 1

Diane received an $80 gift card.

The coffee costs $8.04 per pound.

After buying, she had $47.84 left.

Based on the given information, we can form the following equation

$80-8.04x=47.84$

Where x refers to the pounds of coffee she bought. Let's solve for x

$\begin{gathered} 80-47.84=8.04x \\ x=\frac{32.16}{8.04} \\ x=4 \end{gathered}$

Hence, she bought 4 pounds of coffee.