From the question we know that Maria and Josie went to the movies and spent a total amount of money, which should be the price of the tickets added to the price of the snacks.

Knowing that the price of the snacks is $3.75 and the price of the tickets is t, it looks like all that is left is to assign a variable to the total amount of maney they spent at the movies and write out the equation.

If we let the total amount of money they spent be x, then x= t+3.75, whcih should be your answer!

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3 years ago

I thought of a number, added 4 5/7 to it, and got the number 12 times as big as my original what was my number

Genrish500 [490]

Let's call the number you thought of n. Then what the two steps you took can be written as an equation:
$n+4\frac{5}{7}=12n$

Subtract n to get all of your variables to one side:
$4\frac{5}{7}=11n$

At this point, I recommend turning your mixed number into an improper fraction. It will make things easier later on:
$\frac{33}{7}=11n$

Now divide both sides by 11 to get the value of n:
$\frac{3}{7}=n$