Question

ron’s aunt treated ron and his friends to ice cream. she spent $17 on ice cream. both the chocolate cones and vanilla cones were the same price. two ordered chocolate, three ordered vanilla. write and solve an equation to find out how much each cone cost (pls help lol)

Answer 1

2x + 3x = 17.

$3.40.

Explanation:

All the cones cost the same. That means that one ice cream cone will cost x dollars.

She spent $17, with 2 chocolate and 3 vanilla.

2x + 3x = 17

5x = 17

x = 17/5 = 3.4

So, each cone costs $3.40.

Hope this helps!