Ashton needs a total of $1.50 in quarters for a coin-operated car wash. Healready has $0.75.Which equation can be used to find 9, the number of additional quarters Ashtonneeds in order to have enough money for the car wash?

Answer :

Let x be the number of quarters. Since Ashton already has $0.75 in quarters and he needs a total of $1.50 we can write:

[tex]0.25x+0.75=1.50[/tex]