Roberto had $88, which is eleven times as much money as Bianca had. How much money did Bianca have? Select the correct solution method below, representing Bianca's money with x.

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Hugh Costa

6 April, 12:47

Roberto had $88, which is eleven times as much money as Bianca had. How much money did Bianca have? Select the correct solution method below, representing Bianca's money with x.

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Tony Hanson · Answer 1

We need to solve for the total amount of money that Bianca has. But we need to consider that the total amount that Roberto has is 11 times as much money as Bianca had.

Roberto's total money is $88.

We assigned "x" variable to represent the amount that Bianca has.

Such as we can right the phrase "11 times as Bianca has" into "11X".

We have the complete expression as 88 = 11X and solving for X value, we need to divide both sides by 11.

88 / 11 = 11x / 11

8 = x

The total amount that Bianca has is $8.