Question

Sylvie bought 13 bagels and a container of cream cheese.Each bagel cost the same price.The cream cheese cost $2.95.Sylvie spent a total of $7.50.What was the cost of each bagel?Explain your thinking.

Answer 1

The total cost minus the cost of the cream cheese will give us the cost of 13 bagels, if we divide by 13 we'll get the cost of one bagel

$7.50- $2.95=$4.55 for 13 bagels

$4.55/ 13=  $.35 cent per bagel

WOW that's a great price for a bagel

Hope this helps

Answer 2

Ok, first set this up as an equation with your given variables. You know that Sylvie bought 1 container of cream cheese, which is $2.95, and you know that Sylvie spent $7.50 (my best assumption is this is the subtotal) on the cream cheese and 13 bagels. As an equation, it would come out as:

$7.50=2.95+13(b)$

To start solving the algebraic equation, wou can subtract 2.95 on both sides, resulting as 

$4.55=13 (b)$

Now, to get "b" by itself, you must divide 13 on both sides, resulting as

$.35=b$

This will answer your question as the cost of 1 bagel would be $0.35 per bagel.