Question

A Customer went to a garden shop and bought some potting soil for $12.50 and 6 shrubs. If the total bill was $71.00, how much did each shrub cost if they all cost the same.

Choose a label a variable for this situation.
Write a equation using the variable that would answer the question.
Solve your equation and check your answer.
Use the solution to write a sentence answer to the word problem/.

Answer 1

Total bill - potting soil = X

x = prices of 6 shrubs

x / 6 = price of each shrub

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Answer 2

what do i divide?

Answer 3

ok so have you worked out what x is yet?

to work out x

you do

Total bill - potting soil price

Answer 4

So divide 71 divided by 6?

Answer 5

Im mixed up

Answer 6

no wait your rushing ahead

Answer 7

what i said was the first step to do is

TOTAL BILL - THE PRICE OF POTTING SOIL

Answer 8

so what was the total bill?

Answer 9

and what was the price of potting soil?

Answer 10

the bill was $71.00 and the soil was $12.50

Answer 11

great so all you do is

total bill - price of potting soil

which is the same as

71.00 - 12.50 = ??

Answer 12

58.50

Answer 13

It is 58.50??

Answer 14

yes

Answer 15

now that means we have worked out how much 6 shrubs cost

Answer 16

it costs 58.50?

Answer 17

yes

but to work out the price of 1 shrub what do you think we do if that was the price of 6 shrubs

Answer 18

6 shrubs = 58.50

1 shrub = 58.50 / 6

Answer 19

$9.75

Answer 20

great

Answer 21

So

Answer 22

ok now to write an equation we just replace the answer that we dont know by x

so for example the first step we done which was

Total bill - price of potting soil = ???

because we dont know the answer we can call it x

Answer 23

do you get that so far?

Answer 24

71 + 12.50 is 83.50

Answer 25

but obviously we do know the answer because we already worked it out but lets just pretend we are seeing this question for the first time

Answer 26

its actually 71 - 12.50

Answer 27

So the answer would be 71.00 - 12.50 = 58.50

Answer 28

we're not after the answer at this stage

but yes replace 58.5 with x

Answer 29

so 71 - 12.5 = x

Answer 30

X = 58.50

Answer 31

we are trying to work out the equation now not the answer

Answer 32

thats right

x = 58.50

Answer 33

now the equation we can write is

ps = per shrub price
x = 71 - 12.5

x / 6 = PS

so now that is the equation we will use

x / 6 = ps

Answer 34

and to solve using that equation we need to know what x is first

remember

x = total bill - price of potting soil

which is the same as

x = 71 - 12.5

you already worked out x and you got

x = 58.5

Answer 35

so now in the equation where it says x just replace it by the number 58.5

x / 6 = PS

which will look like

58.5 / 6 = PS

now to get the answer for PS you just calculate what is written which is

58.5 divided by 6 will give you PS

Answer 36

You there?

Answer 37

yes

Answer 38

You there now?

Answer 39

Sorry was busy