Osso a candy store with $5.00. He buys 9 peppermints for $0.15 each, and some
sour candies. Each sour candy cost $0.25.
a Write an equation that will match the story problem.

Solution:

Given that,

Osso has $ 5

He buys 9 peppermints for $0.15 each, and some  sour candies

Each sour candy cost $0.25

The equation is:

Let the number of sour candies bought be "x"

Then,

Remaining amount after buying pepper mint =

Each sour candy cost $0.25

Now the number of sour candies bought is:

x = 14.6

Thus osso can buy 14 sour candies

Thus the equation that will match the story problem is:

Where, "x" means number of sour candies bought

step-by-step explanation:

left be aligning the decimal points is required to not required see the number of digits to the right