Question

Lorenzo ate 25 of his bag of almonds. His 4 friends ate equal shares of the remaining bag of almonds. Which expression represents the almonds that each friend ate?

Answer 1

(x - 25) / 4

Explanation:

In this scenario, we have one unknown variable which is the total of the bag of almonds, therefore we can represent this with the variable x. Since Lorenzo ate 25 of this bag we would need to subtract this from the total of the bag. Then we need to divide the remainder by 4 since each of his friends ate the rest in equal parts. This would leave us with the following expression ...

(x - 25) / 4