Liam bought a comic book and had $5 left. If he had a total of $8 walking into the store, how much did he spend on the comic boo
k? Liam used the equation 5x=8 to model the problem. He said that x represents the amount of money he spent. Liam said that the solution, x=1.6, means that he spent $1.60. Is he correct? Why or why not? If he is incorrect find the correct answer showing your work.
5/10 and 1/2 are both equivalent ratios resulting in half of themselves you can multiply these by any numbers but they will stay as half ratios such as 1:2 x 6 it would be 6:12 divide it by 6 and you have a half