Question

Sadie wants to buy pizza for her friends. Each slice costs $4. She also wants to order breadsticks for $9. She has $49 to spend. Write and solve an equation to find how many slices of pizza she can buy.

Answer 1

9+4x =49

Now solve for x using inverse operations.

9+4x =49.
-9 -9
4x=40
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4. 4

x=10 slices of pizza

Answer 2

She can buy 10 pizzas plus the breadsticks for $9 dollars