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. write and an equation to find the cost of each salad is not yet solved by the Tiger Algebra Solver.
4*5 = 20
54 - 20 = 34
34/4 = 8.50
4 * c + 4*5 = 54
To find the cost of each salad, we can set up an equation.
Let's say the cost of each salad is x dollars.
Since Angela ate at the same restaurant four times, she ordered four salads in total. The cost of the four salads would then be 4x dollars.
Additionally, Angela left a $5 tip each time, so the total amount she spent for the four salads and tips is $54.
Hence, we can set up the equation:
4x + 4(5) = 54
Simplifying, we have:
4x + 20 = 54
To solve this equation, we can start by subtracting 20 from both sides:
4x = 54 - 20
4x = 34
Finally, we divide both sides of the equation by 4 to isolate x:
x = 34/4
Simplifying the division, we get:
x = 8.5
Therefore, the cost of each salad is $8.50.