Question

Sam buys one bag of flour for $2.50, three packages of shredded cheese for $3.00 each, and x packages of mushrooms for $3.50 each. If Sam paid $18.50 in all, how many packages of mushrooms did Sam buy?
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Answer 1

@darkknight @Imagine @mxddi3

Answer 2

well, actually it should be

2.50+3(3.00)+3.50x=18.50

Answer 3

but i dont get it still kindaaaaa....

Answer 4

Yes maddie, that is the correct formula, just saying that so that you don't get confused nini

Answer 5

yup still dont get it

Answer 6

ok so we have
2.50+3(3.00)+3.50x=18.50
do you know where i got those numbers from?

Answer 7

\[ 11.50+3.50x=18.50\]

Answer 8

no mxddiex

Answer 9

oh so is it 1

Answer 10

ok so one bag of flour is 2.50
and he got 3 packages of shredded cheese for $3 each and then the mushrooms are 3.50 but we dont know how many they got, so we have 3.50x. and the total he spends is 18.50

ok so then we combine like terms, as Imagine did above. do you get this so far?

Answer 11

so he bought one flour which equals to 2.50. he bought 3 peices of shredded cheese, which equals 9.00. Then it is 3.50 per each mushroom, we are trying to figure out how much mushrooms he got.

Answer 12

so it s 3

Answer 13

so the total adds to 18.50

Answer 14

incorrect.

Answer 15

if we have 11.50+3.50x=18.50 the next step is to subtract 11.50 from both sides.
so on the left we have 3.50x
and on the right we have 18.50-11.50=7
so we now have
3.50x=7

can you do this for me please nini?