Question

Create an inequality for the situation below. Please help!!

Answer 1

1 gallon of milk costs 0.50 more than 5 times a gallon of water.

From that information milk is 5x +0.50 the cost of water.

The cost of milk is $3.75, so now we have:

3.75 = 5x + 0.50

Subtract 0.50 from each side:

3.25 = 5x

Divide both sides by 5:

X = 3.25 / 5

x = 0.65

The cost of water = $0.65