Question

You have a total of 80 dollars to spend on groceries. You spend some money on meat and then spend 52 dollars on everything else. If you leave the grocery store with 5 dollars, how much money did you spend on meat?

Answer 1

First, set up the equation.
80-52-x=5

Now, solve it.
28-x=5
-x=-23
x=23

So, you spent $23 on meat.

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Answer 2

Let x be the money you spent on meat.
$5 + $52 + x = $80
$5 + $52= $57
$57 + x = 80
Now all we have to do is subtract $57 from $80 to get the value of x.
x=23
You spent 23 dollars on meat.