Question

I'm starting to change my mind about sharing the wealth. I want to set aside

$5 for myself then split the remaining money equally between the 4 of us.

Write a new expression to represent this new situation using d, number of

dollars

Answer 1

Answer: (d - $5) / 4

Explanation:

Given the expression above;

$5 is subtracted for the total wealth (d) and what is left is the divided equally into 4 parts.

If the initial or total number of dollars = d

Setting $5 dollars aside ;

Then what is left is ; ( total - $5) ; d - $5

What is left is then shared equally between 4 people;

Amount left / 4

= (d - $5) / 4