Andy bought 3 bags of a new birdseed mixture on sale. The birds in his yard like it so well that his friend Mike bought 5 bags. Together they spent $13.20. How much does each bag cost? _____

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Answer:

$1.65.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent cost of each bag of birdseed.

We have been given that Andy bought 3 bags of a new birdseed mixture on sale. Cost of 3 bags of birdseed would be [tex]3x[/tex].

The birds in his yard like it so well that his friend Mike bought 5 bags. Cost of 3 bags of birdseed would be [tex]5x[/tex].

We are also told that together they spent $13.20, we can represent this information in an equation as:

[tex]3x+5x=\$13.20[/tex]

[tex]8x=\$13.20[/tex]

[tex]\frac{8x}{8}=\frac{\$13.20}{8}[/tex]

[tex]x=\$1.65[/tex]

Therefore, the cost of each bag of birdseed would be $1.65.