Question

At a local mini-mart, the cost of a bag of chips at the corner store is $1.25, and thecost of a bottle of juice is $0.90. What would it cost to get 3 bags of chips and 6bottles of juice? What would it cost to get x bags of chips and y bottles of juice?

Answer 1

ANSWER

To get 3 bags of chips and 6 bottles of juice would cost $9.15

To get x bags of chips and y bottles of juice would cost 1.25x + 0.9y

EXPLANATION

Each bag of chip costs $1.25. So 3 bags of chips cost 3 times that:

$3\times1.25=3.75$

Each bottle of juice costs $0.90, so 6 bottles of juice cost 6 times that:

$6\times0.90=5.40$

The cost for all of these items is the sum of these costs:

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