Question

Josie bought 4 cases of sports drinks for an upcoming meet. After talking to her coach, she bought 3 more cases and spent an additional $6.95 on other items. Her receipts totaled $74.15. Write and solve an equation to find how much each case of sports drinks cost.

Answer 1

$9.60.

Explanation:

Let x be the cost of one case of the sport drink.

7x+6.95=74.15

Solve for x

7x=67.20

x=9.60

The cost of each case of sports drink costs $9.60.