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You and your friend are splitting a restaurant bill and leaving a tip. You pay half of the bill plus $5. Your friend paid half of the bill plus 25% of the bill. You and your friend paid the same total
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You and your friend are splitting a restaurant bill and leaving a tip. You pay half of the bill plus $5. Your friend paid half of the bill plus 25% of the bill. You and your friend paid the same total amount. How much is half the bill? Write an equation.
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let x the half of the amount of bill
my payment a
payment of friend b
a= x + 5
b= x + 25% x = x + 1/4 x
Since you and your friend pay the same total,
a=
b
x+5 = x + 1/4 x
5= 1/4 x
x= 5 x4 = 20
the half of the bill is 20
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