Jeff bought 3 bags of dog food. He also bought a set of new dog bowls that cost eighteen dollars . He spent a total of forty-five dollars. Write both the verbal and mathematical equation to find out how much Jeff paid for each bag of dog food

User Icon for Ms. Sue Ms. Sue answered
13 years ago

Solve for x.

3x = 45 - 18

User Icon for dalili dalili answered
12 years ago

Jeff bought 3 bags of dog food. He also bought a set of new dog bowls that cost eighteen dollars . He spent a total of forty-five dollars. Write both the verbal and mathematical equation to find out how much Jeff paid for each bag of dog food.

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

Verbal equation: Let's assume Jeff paid "x" dollars for each bag of dog food. So, the total cost of 3 bags of dog food will be 3 times "x". Additionally, Jeff spent eighteen dollars on the dog bowls. Therefore, the total amount he spent is "3x + 18". According to the given information, the total amount Jeff paid is forty-five dollars.

Mathematical equation: 3x + 18 = 45

To find out how much Jeff paid for each bag of dog food, we need to solve this equation for "x".