Malia split up the large container of salsa that she bought equally into 5 bowls to place around her house for the party. If each bowl contained 8. 5 ounces of the salsa, which shows the correct equation and value of x, the total amount of salsa in the original container? startfraction x over 5 endfraction = 8. 5; x = 1. 7 ounces startfraction x over 5 endfraction = 8. 5; x = 42. 5 ounces 5 x = 8. 5; x = 1. 7 ounces 5 x = 8. 5; x = 42. 5 ounces.