Question

Min and Jessica collected 60 plastic bottles. They divided the plastic bottles evenly between them and sold the bottles to a recycling center for 10 cents each. Let n represent the amount of money, in cents, that Min and Jessica each earned from the recycling center. Which equation could be used to find the amount of money Min and Jessica each earned? n = 60 × 2 × 10 n = 60 ÷ 2 ÷ 10 n = 60 ÷ 2 × 10 n = 60 × 2 × 10

Answer 1

The equation could be used to find the amount of money Min and Jessica each earned is:

$n = (60 \div 2) \times 10$

Solution:

Given that,

Min and Jessica collected 60 plastic bottles

They divided the plastic bottles evenly between them and sold the bottles to a recycling center for 10 cents each

Let n represent the amount of money, in cents, that Min and Jessica each earned from the recycling center

Therefore,

$n = \frac{60}{2} \times 10$

Where, 60 divided by 2 denotes that they divided the plastic bottles evenly between them

Which is multiplied by 10( because they sold each bottles for 10 cents)

Thus the equation is:

$n = (60 \div 2) \times 10$