Question

A restaurant earns $1073 on Friday and $1108 write and solve an equation to find the amount X (in dollars) the restaurant needs to earn on Sunday to average $1000 per day over the three day period. Write your equation so that the units on each side of the equation are dollars owe day

Answer 1

($1,073 + $1,108 +$X)/3 =$1,000
$2,181 + $X = 3 x $1,000 = $3,000
$X = $3,000 - $2,181 = $819