Question

Quinn had 32
to spend at the beginning of the week. The only purchases he made was the same variety of chips from the vending machine every day for 5
days. At the end of the week, Quinn had 23.80
.
Complete the following statements to determine how much each bag of chips cost.
The variable in this context can be defined as [DROP DOWN 1]. An equation that represents this context in function notation is [DROP DOWN 2]. The price for each bag of chips was [DROP DOWN 3].
DROP DOWN 1_____
DROP DOWN 2_____
DROP DOWN 3_____

Answer 1

Let's break down the information provided to fill in the statements.

1. **Understanding the context:**
- Quinn started with $32.00.
- He spent money over 5 days on chips.
- At the end of the week, he had $23.80 left.

2. **Determine how much he spent:**
- Initial amount: $32.00
- Amount left: $23.80
- Amount spent = Initial amount - Amount left = $32.00 - $23.80 = $8.20

3. **Determine how much he spent on chips each day:**
- He purchased chips for 5 days, so the cost for each day = Total amount spent / Number of days
- Cost per day = $8.20 / 5 = $1.64

Now we can fill in the drop-down statements:

DROP DOWN 1: **Cost of chips per bag** (this is the variable representing the cost per bag of chips)
DROP DOWN 2: **C(x) = 32 - 1.64x** (where x represents the number of days, and 1.64 is the cost of chips per day)
DROP DOWN 3: **1.64** (the cost of each bag of chips)

So the complete statements are:
1. DROP DOWN 1: Cost of chips per bag
2. DROP DOWN 2: C(x) = 32 - 1.64x
3. DROP DOWN 3: 1.64