Question

5 friends spent a total of $15.75 for lunch. What equation can be written to find the amount each person would spend if the total was equally divided?

Answer 1

Let the amount each person spends be "x".

Since 5 person spends a total of 15.75 dollars, to find the amount each person spends, we have to divide it by "5".

So,

each person spends (x) = 15.75/5

Or,

`x=(15.75)/(5)`