Question

Four friends shared the cost of a pizza dinner. They ordered 1 large pizza for $17.50, 4 sodas for $1.25 each, and 4 salads. Salads normally cost $1.75 but were on sale: "Buy one, get one free." If the friends split the total cost of dinner equally, what was each person's share?

Answer 1

$6.50

Explanation:

So writing out everything

1 Pizza = $17.50

1 soda = $1.25

1 salad = $1.75

Exception; Salad is buy 1 get 1 free, so only 2 salads were paid for

Now we multiple

1 Pizza * 17.50 = 17.50

4 soda * 1.25 = 5

2 salad * 1.75 = 3.50

Now we add

17.50 + 5 = 22.50 + 3.50 = $26.00

Now lastly, we divide by 4 since there are 4 friends

26/4 = 6.5

Giving us a answer of $6.50