Question

Andy bought 3 bags of a new birdseed mixture on sale. The birds in his yard like it so well that his friend Mike bought 5 bags. Together they spent $13.20. How much does each bag cost? _____

Answer 1

Answer:

$1.65.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent cost of each bag of birdseed.

We have been given that Andy bought 3 bags of a new birdseed mixture on sale. Cost of 3 bags of birdseed would be $3x$.

The birds in his yard like it so well that his friend Mike bought 5 bags. Cost of 3 bags of birdseed would be $5x$.

We are also told that together they spent $13.20, we can represent this information in an equation as:

$3x+5x=\ 13.20$

$8x=\ 13.20$

$\frac{8x}{8}=\frac{\ 13.20}{8}$

$x=\ 1.65$

Therefore, the cost of each bag of birdseed would be $1.65.