Question

A glove and a ball together costs $85. If the glove glove costs $75 more than the ball, what is the cost of the ball?

Answer 1

$85 total, the glove costs 75$, so 85-75=10...the ball costs $10, hope that helps! :)

Answer 2

k, thats what i had originally thought, thanks for the clarification !:D

Answer 3

wait that's wrog!

Answer 4

wrong*

Answer 5

itsn't $5

Answer 6

the correct response?

Answer 7

how did you get that answer?

Answer 8

sorry I messed that up, haha

Answer 9

k, well if one costs $10 and the other costs $75, the the glove costs $85, so then $85 +10 would equal 95, not 85

Answer 10

k, well i figured it out, thanks for the effort anyways. im not fanning you btw

Answer 11

oh, sorry, I misread the problem. But in any case, you understnad what you're doing, which is great!

Answer 12

I don't care, sorry for not reading it right

Answer 13

(: thanks anyway!

Answer 14

can you put it in an equation to demonstrate how the anser is 5? please?

Answer 15

I'll try...g=cost of glove....b=cost of ball..... (1) g + b=85 (2) g=75 + b ....then you plug 2 into 1

Answer 16

Let x be the cost of the ball and y be the cost of the glove.
x+y=85
x+75=y
Solve for x

Answer 17

how would that equal 5?

Answer 18

75 + b +b=85..... 2b=85-75.... b=10/2.... b=5

Answer 19

ok, but why did we have 2b?

Answer 20

b + b = 2b...it's like saying 1b+ 1b

Answer 21

ya ya, but why didwe get 2b, i mean wy didwe ad b + b

Answer 22

ok we established that g=75+b, so we plugged that into the g+b=85 equation...that gave us (75+b)+b=85 ... if you have the cost of one glove + the cost of one glove you have $5 + $5, which equals 10$... 2(b) will also give us 10 because 2*5=10.

Answer 23

it makes mathematical sense to represent the information that way

Answer 24

by the way, g=75+b is an equation that means "the glove costs $75 more than the ball"

Answer 25

ok thank you sooo much, i'm sorry about condesending you earlier, :DDDD

Answer 26

No problem, glad I could help this time haha