SOLUTION: You have $60 to spend on refreshments for a party. Large bags of chips cost $2.50 and sodas cost $0.25. You need to buy exactly five times as many sodas as bags of chips. How many

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Question 1070802: You have $60 to spend on refreshments for a party. Large bags of chips cost $2.50 and sodas cost $0.25. You need to buy exactly five times as many sodas as bags of chips. How many bags of chips and how many sodas can you buy?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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Calculate the price for one bag of chips plus 5 sodas.
It is 2.50 + 5*0.25 = 3.75 dollars.

How many is $60.00 divided by $3.75 ?
use your calculator and find the answer. It is 16.

So, you can buy 16 large bags of chips and 5*16 = 80 sodas.