Jackson has $17 to spend. He needs to reserve $10 for the movie ticket. Use x to represent how many snacks he can buy. Write equation given all snacks are $1.50

Question

This is for my Algebra 1 class, its a review guide and im really having trouble doing this one, help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

x = number of snacks at $1.50 each

 

x = (available snack money) / (cost of 1 snack)

 

x = ($17 - $10) / ($1.50) ≅ 4.67

 

Assuming he cannot buy a fraction of a snack, the answer is 4 snacks.