PLEASE HELP I'M SO STUCK RIGHT NOW 1. You and your friend are splitting a restaurant bill and leaving a tip. You pay half of the

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PLEASE HELP I'M SO STUCK RIGHT NOW 1. You and your friend are splitting a restaurant bill and leaving a tip. You pay half of the

bill plus $5. Your friend pays half of the bill plus 25% of half the bill. You and your friend pay the same total amount. How much is half the bill?
(a) Write an equation. Let x be the cost of half the bill.
(b) Solve the equation. Show your work.

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vekshin1 · Answer 1 · 2022-07-18T11:59:51+03:00

vekshin13 years ago

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I had to answer the same exact question from another person.
Anyway, Since your friend paid 25%, you'de divide 25 by 5 which would equal 5. So, 25÷x
25÷(5).
Hope this helped