Question
Every day, Anthony walks by the same grocery store on his way home from school. Most days he goes in to buy a snack. Today he's craving peanut-butter pretzels, so he fills a small bag from the bulk bin section. After weighing the bag on the scale, he removes 0.25 pounds of pretzels. Now the bag weighs 0.35 pounds.
Which equation can you use to find the weight w of the bag before Anthony removes the pretzels?
Solve this equation for w to find the weight of the bag before Anthony removes the pretzels.
pounds
Which equation can you use to find the weight w of the bag before Anthony removes the pretzels?
Solve this equation for w to find the weight of the bag before Anthony removes the pretzels.
pounds
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Let \( w \) be the weight of the bag of peanut-butter pretzels before Anthony removes any pretzels.
According to the problem, after removing 0.25 pounds of pretzels, the bag now weighs 0.35 pounds. We can set up the equation as follows:
\[
w - 0.25 = 0.35
\]
Now, we can solve this equation for \( w \).
1. Start with the equation:
\[
w - 0.25 = 0.35
\]
2. Add 0.25 to both sides:
\[
w = 0.35 + 0.25
\]
3. Calculate the right side:
\[
w = 0.60
\]
Therefore, the weight of the bag before Anthony removes the pretzels is \( \boxed{0.60} \) pounds.
According to the problem, after removing 0.25 pounds of pretzels, the bag now weighs 0.35 pounds. We can set up the equation as follows:
\[
w - 0.25 = 0.35
\]
Now, we can solve this equation for \( w \).
1. Start with the equation:
\[
w - 0.25 = 0.35
\]
2. Add 0.25 to both sides:
\[
w = 0.35 + 0.25
\]
3. Calculate the right side:
\[
w = 0.60
\]
Therefore, the weight of the bag before Anthony removes the pretzels is \( \boxed{0.60} \) pounds.