Question

A roast beef sandwich costs $6.75. A customer buys multiple roast beef sandwiches. Write an equation that represents the situation. Use $x$ to represent the number of roast beef sandwiches. Then determine how many sandwiches the customer buys.

Amount Used for Payment $80
Change Received $19.25
An equation that represents this situation is
.

The customer buys
sandwiches.

Answer 1

`(80-19.25)/(6.75) = x`

Explanation:

Subtract $19.25 from the Amount Used for Payment ($80) to get the amount spent, then divide the amount of each sandwich to get the amount of sandwiches bought.