Question

julio is making lemonade to be sold at a fair. he bought 5 bags of lemons for 19.75. complete the equation that models the cost, c, of each bag of lemons. What goes behind c and in front the equal sign?

Answer 1

To complete the equation that models the cost, \( c \), of each bag of lemons, you need to divide the total cost by the number of bags that Julio bought. This equation will tell you how much one bag of lemons costs.

Julio bought 5 bags of lemons for $19.75. The equation to find the cost per bag is:

\( c \times \text{number of bags} = \text{total cost} \)

Since we want to solve for \( c \), the cost per bag, we will divide both sides of the equation by the number of bags (which is 5):

\( c = \frac{\text{total cost}}{\text{number of bags}} \)

So to fill in your equation, the total cost goes on top, the number of bags goes on the bottom, and the equal sign separates the two sides of the equation:

\( c = \frac{19.75}{5} \)

When you calculate that, you'll get the cost per bag of lemons:

\( c = 3.95 \)

Therefore, each bag of lemons costs $3.95.

Answer 2

Without the / and extra stuff.

Answer 3

Certainly! The equation in a clean format would be:

c = 19.75 ÷ 5

So,

c = 3.95

This means that each bag of lemons costs $3.95.