Question

5 friends went out for lunch. their total bill was $ 25.98, including tax and gratuity. one of them ordered only a soda and needed to pay only $ 1. 10 the other 4 friends ordered the same daily special. how much did each other friends need to pay

Answer 1

The totall bill for luch was $25.98

One of the 5 friends needed to pay $1.10

The other 4 ordered the same special, which means that their meals costed the same.

Let x represent the cost of the daily special. If you multiply it by four you'll get the amount the 4 firends paid together. → Symbolically: 4x

Also if you subtract the price of the soda from the total, you'll get the corst of the 4 specials together: $25.98 - $1.10=$24.88

The four specials togheter cost $24.88, express it as en equation:

`\begin{gathered} 4x=24.88 \\ x=(24.88)/(4) \\ x=6.22 \end{gathered}`

Each friend had to pay $6.22 for the daily special