Question

Colton and his children went into a movie theater and he bought $48.50 worth of bags of popcorn and candies. Each bag of popcorn costs $5.50 and each candy costs $3.50. He bought a total of 11 bags of popcorn and candies altogether. Determine the number of bags of popcorn and the number of candies that Colton bought.

Answer 1

5 bags of popcorn and 6 candies.

Explanation:

(5 * $5.50) + ($3.5*6) = $48.5