Miguel and three of his friends went to the movies. They originally had a total of $40. Each boy had the same amount of money and spent $7.50 on a ticket. Write and solve an equation to find how much money each boy have left after buying his ticket

4 friends, 40$, so each had 10$

40/4=10-7.5= 2.5

Each had $2.50 left

answer:      

step-by-step explanation:

step-by-step explanation:

you can add the two numbers and divide the result by 2. or you can find the gap between the two numbers and add half of this to the smaller number.