baconwhale671
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The price of Philip's favorite candy has been reduced by $0.15 per piece. Philip buys 14 pieces and spends $3.22.

What is the regular price of each piece of candy?

Respuesta :

3.22 divided by 14 is .23.   .23 plus .15 is .38 cents per candy at regular price.
carlosego

For this case, the first thing we should do is define a variable.

We have then:

  • x: regular price of each piece.

The equation modeling the problem is given by:

[tex]14 (x-0.15) = 3.22[/tex]

From here, we clear the value of x.

We have then:

[tex]x-0.15 = \frac {3.22} {14}\\x-0.15 = 0.23\\x = 0.23 0.15\\x = 0.38\$[/tex]

Answer:

The regular price of each piece of candy is:

[tex]x = 0.38\$[/tex]