Question

you and your friend are splitting a restaurant bill it if you pay half of the bill plus $5 your friend pays half of the bill plus 25% of half the bill you and your friend pay the same total amount.How Much is half the bill?

Answer 1

Any ideas?

Answer 2

what do you mean?

Answer 3

please help i need to have this done before 4:00p.m

Answer 4

Can you form an expression of what they paid?

Answer 5

no that is what i need help with

Answer 6

Ok
Step by step.

Answer 7

i need to make a equation and then solve it and check it all by showing my work

Answer 8

please hurry i really need to have this done before 4:00

Answer 9

"you and your friend are splitting a restaurant bill"
means that you pay as your friend pay

right?

Answer 10

i guess

Answer 11

Great!

Answer 12

Let' consider that the pill has a mount of x $
ok?

Answer 13

"you pay half of the bill plus $5"

means??

Answer 14

means what?

Answer 15

@CarliF01

Answer 16

yes

Answer 17

"you pay half of the bill plus $5"

Answer 18

did you figure out a equation?

Answer 19

what? i don't understand

Answer 20

"you pay half of the bill plus $5" means that you have paid (x+5)$

right?

Answer 21

yes

Answer 22

please hurry

Answer 23

"your friend pays half of the bill plus 25% of half the bill"
means that your friend has paid \((\frac{x}{2}+[0.25*\frac{x}{2}])\)

right?

Answer 24

i figured it out its x=40 then half of that thanks

Answer 25

By the way, I am sorry about that mistake..

you pay half of the bill plus $5":

means that you have paid \((\frac{x}{2}+5)$\)

Answer 26

Did you get it?

Answer 27

@CarliF01
please hurry