Step-by-step explanation: 1. subtract the 3.25 from 4.50 to get a difference that is the price of the added hotdog 2. now that you know each hot dog cost $1.25 you can do 3.25 - 2(1.25) to get 0.75 which is the price of one soda. 3. You can no multiply $0.75 by two (the amount of sodas) to get the answer $1.50.