Four brothers each bout two hot dogs and a bag of chips at the football game if the bag of chips was 1.25 and the total was 18.20, what was the price of one hot dog

Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021

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given that

1chip= 1.25

let x = price hot dogs

total =18.20

then 

18.20 = 1.25+2x

2x= 18.2-1.25

x=16.95/2

x=$8.475

one hot dog price = 8.475