Question

Jaylin bought four bottles of water, two bags of cashews, and a fruit salad. The cost of the fruit salad was five dollars. This expression was used to represent the amount Jaylin should pay for x+2x+5. Based on the expression, the cost of each bottle of water is?

a) $1
b) $1.25
c) $1.50
d) $1.75

Answer 1

The cost of each bottle of water is zero dollars.

Step-by-step explanation:

The expression x+2x+5 is used to represent the amount Jaylin should pay for four bottles of water, two bags of cashews, and a fruit salad. Since the cost of the fruit salad is already given as five dollars, we can subtract that from the expression to find the total cost of the water and cashews. So, x+2x = 5 - 5 = 0.

Therefore, the cost of each bottle of water is zero dollars.