Question

At the market, you buy a soda for

$1.75 plus 3 bags of chips. If your
total was $4.72 without tax, how
much did each bag of chips cost?
WRITE AN EQUATION and solve.
Please hurry

Answer 1

Each bag of chip costs 0.99 (99 cents)

Explanation:

Soda = 1.75

Bag of chips = x

1.75 + 3x = 4.72

Subtract 1.75 from both sides;

3x = 2.97

Divide both sides by 3;

x = 0.99