Michael is purchasing back to school supplies. He gets a math workbook for $19.88, a calculator for $35.97, and a pack of pencils for $8.27. How much did he spend on school supplies?
The amount that he spent on school supplies is calculated as:
Cost of math workbook + Cost of a calculator for + Cost of a pack of pencils for
5x = 50 Where x represents the (equal) amount of money each player contributed As you can see, you can easily solve the equation above to get: x = 10 Each player contributed $10 toward a $50 gift.
