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A sandwich shop sold 8 sandwichesthat each cost $56. How much didthe sandwich shop charge for eachsandwich? Write an equation torepresent this problem.How to make it a equation to represent this problem?

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8 sandwiches cost $56.

This means each sandwich cost $56 / 8 = $7

Each sandwich cost $7.

If x is the number of sandwiches and y is the cost of them all, the following equation will calculate the cost of each sandwich:

C = y / x

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