Question

Father bought 3 cakes at $7.90 each , 6 hot dogs at $1.05 each and some icicles at $0.50 each . the ttoal amount that father paid was $39.50, how many icicles did he buy?

Answer 1

19 icicles were bought

Explanation:

The only quantity we do not know is the number of icicles.

Let the number of icicles be `x`

`7.90 xx 3 + 1.05 xx 6 + 0.50 xx x = 39.50" all in $"`

`23.70 + 6.30 + 0.5x = 39.50`

`0.5x = 39.50-30.00`

`0.5x = 9.5`

`(0.5x)/0.5 = 9.5/0.5`

`x = 19`

19 icicles were bought