Question

Identify an equation that models the situation and find it's soloution

it's going to be lee's birthday soon, and her friends laylah, annie, may, and cella have contributed equal amounts of money to but her a present. they only have $45.00 to spend between them. determine how much each contributed

A] 5y = 45.00; y = $9.00

B] 5y = 45.00; y = $10.00

C] 5 + y = 45.00; y = 39.00

D] 5 + y = 45.00; y = $40.00

Answer 1

let y be the amount of each person to be contributed

there are 5 people: lee,laylah,annie,may, and cella

5 people contributed $45

then 5y=$45

y=$9.00

each person contributed $9.00 equally