Question

Samuel and 4 of his friends entered a chili cook-off. The rules allowed themto spend a certain amount on supplies. If each person spent $15 forsupplies, how much did they spend in all?A.x/5=15B. 4x = 15C. X/4=15D. 5x = 15

Answer 1

Let x be the total amount they spent.

Including Samuel, and 4 of his friends, there are five of them. This can be written in the expression.

`x=5\cdot15`

Divide both sides by 5, and we get

`\begin{gathered} x=5\cdot15 \\ (x)/(5)=(5\cdot15)/(5) \\ (x)/(5)=15\text{ \lparen final answer\rparen} \end{gathered}`