a customer went to a garden shop and bought some potting soil for 17.50 and shrubs. if the total bill was $71.00, how much did each shurb cost if they all cost the same? write and solve an equation. show your work
$71.00-$12.50=$58.50
58.50/6=$9.75
How many shrubs?
thanks for the answer
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To find the cost of each shrub, we can start by subtracting the cost of the potting soil from the total bill.
Total bill = Cost of potting soil + Cost of shrubs
Let's represent the cost of each shrub as 'x'.
Therefore, the equation becomes:
$71.00 = $17.50 (cost of potting soil) + x (cost of each shrub)
To solve this equation, we need to isolate 'x' by subtracting $17.50 from both sides:
$71.00 - $17.50 = $17.50 + x - $17.50
$53.50 = x
So, each shrub costs $53.50.
I calculated this by subtracting the cost of the potting soil from the total bill, and then isolating 'x' in the equation which represents the cost of each shrub.