The Wing Station wants the average price of the lunch meal deals to be $8. What does the price of the chicken wings need to be for this to happen? $6 $7 $8 $9

Question:

The Wing Station wants the average price of the lunch meal deals to be $8. Lunch Meal Deal Prices Item Price ($)

Deluxe hamburger $9

Reuben sandwich $7

Chicken wings

Chicken stir fry $9

Cobb salad $6

Make your own sandwich $10

What does the price of the chicken wings need to be for this to happen? $6 $7 $8 $9

$7

Explanation:

Given

Required

Determine the price of chicken wings

Represent the price of chicken wings with x.

The average of the price of items is calculated as:

In this case, we have:

Collect Like Terms

Multiply both sides by 6

Subtract 41 from both sides

Hence, the price of chicken wings must be $7

The answer to your question is 7.

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