Question

21. Angela until the same restaurant four times. Each time she ordered a salad and left at $ 5 tip. She spent a total of $ 54. Write and solve an equation to find the Cost of each salad

Answer 1

So if Angela entered the same restaurant 4 times, we have 4 "instances" of her entering the restaurant.

Each instance, she ordered a salad. The price of this salad is unknown, so we'll say the price is "S".

Each instance, she payed a $5 tip.

So we have 4 instances of spending S, and 4 instances of spending 5.

We know this totals 54.

Knowing all of this information, we can write our equation like this:

4(S + 5) = 54

Divide

S + 5 = 13.50

Subtract

S = 8.50

The cost of salad is $8.50

Answer 2

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