Afamily ordered some candy bars and bags of chips for snacking. the number oof candy bars was twice as much as the number of bags of chips. if the family spent a total of %5.50, how many bags of chips did the family buy?

The family bought 2 bags of chips

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of chips bags be  =   x

The number of candy bars  =  twice as much as the number of bags of chip

The number of candy bars  =  2x

The total cost  spent is  = $5.50

Therefore cost of all the chips bags + candy bars = 5.50

2x +  x = 5.50

3x = 5.50

x =

x =  1.83

x = 2 (approx)

Thus the number of chips is 2 and the candy bars is 2(2) = 4 bags

$12. that is my answer.

question: how many people can she serve?

answer: she can serve 16.66666667 people. so she can only give 16 people a complete serving.

question: does she have enough ice cream for her guests?

answer: no. explanation: she only has enough for 16 people to have a full serving. however, she can give a 17th person a partial serving.