Question

Malia split up The large container of salsa that she bought equally into five balls to place around her house for the party if each bowl contained 8.5 ounces of salsa which shows the correct equation and value of X the total amount of salsa in the original container

Answer 1

B.
`(x)/(5) = 8.5`;
`x = 42.5 ounces`

Explanation:

Total amount of salsa in container = x

Number of bowl the salsa is divided into = 5

Amount contained by each bowl = 8.5 ounces of salsa

Therefore:

`(x)/(5) = 8.5` ---› equation

Solve for x

Multiply both sides by 5

`(x)/(5)*5 = 8.5*5`

`x = 42.5`