Mrs. William shops at a store that has an annual membership fee of $30. today she paid her annual membership and bought several fruit baskets costing $15 each as gifts for her co-workers. her total was $105. solve the equation 15b+ 30=105 to find the number of fruit baskets mrs. Williams purchased.
Accepted Solution
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Number of fruit baskets purchased by Mrs. William is 5Solution:Given that Annual membership fee of store where Mrs. William shops = $30
Cost of one fruit basket which Mrs. William as gifts for her co-workers = $15
Total amount spent by Mrs. William = $150
Given that "b" represents number of basket purchasedEquation which models the above scenario is as follows
15b+ 30=105 ------ (1)
Where b represents number of fruit basket purchased by Mrs. William
Need to calculate number of fruit basket purchased by Mrs. William
For which we need to solve equation (1) for b On solving we get
15b+ 30 = 105 On Subtracting 30 from both sides we get
15b + 30 – 30 = 105 – 30
=> 15b = 75
On dividing both sides by 15 we get [tex]\begin{array}{l}{\frac{15 b}{15}=\frac{75}{15}} \\\\ {=>b=5}\end{array}[/tex]As variable "b" represents number of basket purchased, hence we can conclude that number of fruit baskets purchased by Mrs. William is 5