Malia split up the large container of salsa that she bought equally into 5 bowls to place around her house for the party. If eac
h 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?
- 8.5; x = 1.7 ounces
6-8.5
: x = 42.5 ounces
O 5x-8.5; x = 1.7 ounces
O 5x8.5; X = 42.5 ounces