Yuri purchased 8 trees to have planted at his house. The store charged a delivery fee of $5 per tree.

The total cost of the trees including the delivery was $168.

How much did each tree cost?

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Answer:

$16.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let t represent the cost of each tree.

We have been given that Yuri purchased 8 trees to have planted at his house. So the cost of 8 trees will be 8t.

We are also told that the store charged a delivery fee of $5 per tree. So the delivery charges of 8 trees will be [tex]8\times \$5=\$40[/tex]

The total cost of purchasing 8 trees will be [tex]8t+40[/tex].  

Since the total cost of the trees including the delivery was $168, so we can get an equation as:

[tex]8t+40=168[/tex]

[tex]8t+40-40=168-40[/tex]

[tex]8t=128[/tex]

Upon dividing both sides of our given equation by 8, we will get:

[tex]\frac{8t}{8}=\frac{128}{8}[/tex]  

[tex]t=16[/tex]  

Therefore, the cost of each tree is $16.