Question

Angela ate at the same restaurant four times. Each time she ordered a salad and left a $5 tip. She spent a total of $54. What was the cost of each salad?

Answer 1

`x=8.5`

Explanation:

Let the cost of each salad=`x`

Therefore we can write

`4(x+5)=54`

or

`x+5=54/4`

or

`x=54/4-5`

or

`x=(54-20)/4`

or

`x=34/4`

or

`x=8.5`