1. li bought five lip balms. each lip balm costs the same amount. she spent a total of $7.25. (a) write an equation that represents the situation. use c to represent the cost of each lip balm. (b) represent the equation with a model. (c) solve and justify your solution.

A) 5c = 7.25
 (c being the singular lip balm price multiplied by 5)

B) You can draw a picture of 5 Lip balms, label each with (c) and then next to those drawings, put = 7.25. You could also draw 7 dollar bills and a quarter if you wanted!

C) 5c = 7.25
Divide each side by 5
c = 1.45

Each lip balm costs $1.45! Hope this helps! Please award brainliest if helped.

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