Question

Josiah purchases a wallet for $5.50 and five Snickers from Walmart. Samantha purchases a cellphone case for $ 8.50 and three Snickers from the Party City store. Both spend the same amount. What is the price of one Snicker?

Answer 1

The cost of a Snicker is $1.50

Explanation:

Represent the cost of sticker with s.

Given

Josiah:

`Wallet = \$5.50`

`Snickers = 5s`

Samantha:

`Case = \$8.50`

`Snickers = 3s`

We start by getting total amount for both:

`Josiah: Wallet + Snickers`

`Josiah: 5.50 + 5s`

`Samantha: Case + Stickers`

`Samantha: 8.50 + 3s`

Equate both

`5.50 + 5s = 8.50 + 3s`

Collect Like Terms

`5s - 3s = 8.50 - 5.50`

`2s = 3`

Divide through by 2

`s = 3/2`

`s = \$1.50`