The question is: Roger is ordering flowers for his cousins wedding. Each flower is $1.25 and the delivery charge is $15 dollars no matter how many he orders. How many flowers can he purchase and have delivered if spends a total 80 dollars?
Each flower costs $1.25 and the delivery charge $15. Roger want to spend $80 on flowers. Let x be the number of flowers roger buy.
We can now build up the equation: 80 = 1.25x + 15. We need to solve for x.
Let's subtract 15 from both sides 80 - 15 = 1.25x + 15 - 15 65 = 1.25x Divide both sides by 1.25 to have x on side and its value on the other 65/1.25 = (1.25x)/1.25 52 = x
