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Five soccer players each contributed an equal share toward a $50 gift for their coach. Write and solve an algebraic equation to find out how much each player paid.

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5x = 50
Where x represents the (equal) amount of money each player contributed
As you can see, you can easily solve the equation above to get:
x = 10
Each player contributed $10 toward a $50 gift.
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