The freshmen at INCA are having a fundraiser and purchase 1,200 chocolate bars to sell. They pay a fee of $25 to get early delivery so that they can start their fundraiser early. The total cost for the chocolate bars, including the delivery fee, is $745. Write an equation that you could use to solve for the cost of each chocolate bar (c). Then, solve the equation to see how much each chocolate bar costs. (4 points)

Question

Equation- use c for the variable:

Cost of each chocolate bar: $

Answer 1

To find the cost of each chocolate bar, we first need to set up the equation.

The total cost of the chocolate bars includes the delivery fee and the cost of the chocolate bars themselves. The total cost of the chocolate bars is given as $745, and the delivery fee is $25. Therefore, the cost of the chocolate bars alone is:

\[ \text{Cost of chocolate bars} = \text{Total cost} - \text{Delivery fee} \]

So, we can say:

\[ \text{Cost of chocolate bars} = 745 - 25 = 720 \]

Since they purchased 1,200 chocolate bars, we can set up the equation for the cost of each chocolate bar \( c \) as follows:

\[ 1200c = 720 \]

Now, we can solve for \( c \):

\[ c = \frac{720}{1200} \]

Calculating this gives:

\[ c = 0.6 \]

Thus, the cost of each chocolate bar is:

Cost of each chocolate bar: $0.60