Question

HELP PLZ I WILL FAN AND MEDAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Write and solve an equation to find the answer for the problem below.

For a wedding reception, Violet rented a tent and twelve tables. The tent cost forty dollars to rent. Altogether, Violet spent two hundred twenty dollars. What is the cost of renting one table?


Choose one answer.

a. one hundred eighty dollars
b. fifty-four dollars
c. fifteen dollars
d. twelve dollars
NO DRAWLINGS PLZ :)

Answer 1

If I call x the cost for renting tables, I think your equation is:
\[40+x=220\]
then, please solve for x

Answer 2

@DivergentMockingjay19 try please, add -40 to both sides of the above equation

Answer 3

so the answer is a

Answer 4

that's right!

Answer 5

thx so much