Question

Equal amounts of peanuts, cashews, and almonds are packed separately in bags. If 3 bags, one of each kind, cost a total of $3.00 and 2 bags of peanuts and 2 bags of cashews cost a total of $3.50, how much does 1 bag of almond cost

Answer 1

The cost of 1 bag of almond is $1.25

What is linear equation?

An equation in which the highest power of the variable is one is known as linear equation.

We can find the cost of 1 bag of almond as shown below:

Let the cost of 1 bag of peanut be $x

Let the cost of 1 bag of cashews be $y

Let the cost of 1 bag of almonds be $z

x + y + z=3      (1)

2x+2y=3.50

Dividing by 2

x + y=1.75

Putting in equation (1)

1.75+z=3

z=3-1.75

z=1.25

Hence, the cost of 1 bag of almond is $1.25

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