Samuel and 4 of his friends entered a chili cook-off. The rules allowed themto spend a certain amount on supplies. If each person spent $15 forsupplies, how much did they spend …

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Zam · Answer 1 · 2023-10-18T18:26:31+0000

Let x be the total amount they spent.

Including Samuel, and 4 of his friends, there are five of them. This can be written in the expression.

$x=5\cdot15$

Divide both sides by 5, and we get

$\begin{gathered} x=5\cdot15 \\ (x)/(5)=(5\cdot15)/(5) \\ (x)/(5)=15\text{ \lparen final answer\rparen} \end{gathered}$