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You and three friends go out for dinner. The bill comes to $77. If you pay $20 and your three friends all ordered the exact same thing, what amount will each of your friends have to pay? I used f as the variable to express how much the friends have to pay. All I need is the 2 step equation I would write to help solve it. Please help. :)

User Susu
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f=(77-20) / 3
Subtract what is in parenthesis first and then dived by 3 :)
User Localshred
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f = (77-20)/3
f=57/3
f=19
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