3.Marasells candy bars and chocolatebars. The cost of each candybar is 3.25. Each chocolatebar costs P5.00 more thantwice each candy bar. If Haroldbought equal number of candybars and chocolate bars andpaid P59.00, how manychocolate bars did he buy?
Answer (1)
Answer:4 chocolate barsExplanation1Determine the cost of each candy bar, which is 3.253.252Calculate the cost of each chocolate bar. Since it costs 5.005.00 more than twice the cost of each candy bar, the cost of a chocolate bar is2×3.25+5.00=11.502×3.25+5.00=11.503Let xx represent the number of candy bars and chocolate bars Harold bought, which are equal4Write the equation for the total cost of xx candy bars and xx chocolate bars:3.25x+11.50x=59.003.25x+11.50x=59.005Combine like terms to get 14.75x=59.0014.75x=59.006Divide both sides of the equation by 14.7514.75 to find xx: x=59.0014.75=4x= 14.7559.00 =4So, Harold bought 4 chocolate bars.
