SOLUTION: a candy bar costs $0.95, which is nineteen times the price of hard candy. what is the price of a piece of hard candy?

Question 1060959: a candy bar costs $0.95, which is nineteen times the price of hard candy. what is the price of a piece of hard candy?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20063) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Let the answer, which is the price 
of hard candy, be represented by 
the unknown x.   Then translate the 
words into algebra, like this:


  |    |   |    |   |
$0.95  =   19   *   x

That's
        

You can now finish by dividing both sides by 19.

Edwin

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