Question

The price of a candy bar is $1.53. If this is three cents more than triple the price ten years ago, how much did the candy bar cost ten years ago?

Answer 1

Answer:

$0.51

Step-by-step explanation:

Hello! Using what we know, the price of the candy bar at the moment is $1.53, triple the price from 10 years ago. So, triple cents would technically be $0.03. We divide $1.53 and $0.03 and get 51! But, it would not make sense for the price ten years ago to be 51 then go to 1.53, so we make 51 a decimal, 0.51. We can check to see if this correct, by doing 0.51 times 3, because the price is tripling, and we get $1.53! Have an awesome day! :)