The total bill of a meal at a restaurant is 25x – 115. five friends agree to split the cost of the meal equally. what could you do to find the amount that each person must pay? explain.

i would change the 25 in 25x-115 to 5 because 25 divided by 5 friends is 5.

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To find the amount that each person must pay we use the algebraic expression:

Step-by-step explanation:

As we would do if we were working with just numbers, to split the bill into the five friends we just need to divide the total bill by 5:

We can then simplify that fraction by factoring a 5 out of the numerator:

Then we can cancel out the common 5 that is present in both top and bottom to finally get:

That would be the expression to find the amount that each person must pay.

(w – 2.5)(w + 2.5)

(–4v – 9)(–4v + 9)

step-by-step explanation: