Montel sold 13 popcorn buckets and 13 fruit baskets for a fundraiser. The fruit baskets cost $20.75 each. If Montel raised a total of $468.00, how much did each popcorn bucket cost?
Answer (2)
13 ⋅ $20.75 = $269.75 − f r u i t ba s k e t s $468.00 − $269.75 = $198.25 − p o p cor n b u s k e t $198.25 : 13 = $15.25 − cos t e a c h p o p cor n b u c k e t
Montel raised $198.25 from selling popcorn buckets after raising $269.75 from fruit baskets. Dividing the total amount from popcorn by the number of buckets sold gives us $15.25 per popcorn bucket. Thus, each popcorn bucket costs $15.25.
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