Question

To prepare for a party, Mark buys a small bunch of balloons for $6.00 and gift bags that cost $5.15 each. He spends a total of

$72.95 on the balloons and a gift bag for each person invited to the party. Write and solve an equation to find x, the number of
people Mark invited to the party

Answer 1

Answer:
`72.95 =6.00+5.15x` , Required equation

The number of people Mark invited to the party = 13

Explanation:

According to the question,

Total amount spent = (Price of bunch of ballons)+(cost per gift) x (Number of persons)

Given: Total amount spent =$72.95 , Price of bunch of ballons =$6.00 ,

cost per gift =$5.15

thus,

`72.95 =6.00+5.15x` , Required equation

To solve , first

subtract 6 from both sides, we get

`66.95=5.15x\\\\\Rightarrow\ x=(66.95)/(5.15)\\\\\Rightarrow\ x=13`

The number of people Mark invited to the party = 13