Question

Rosemary buys a tuna sandwich for lunch every day from monday through friday. Last night on friday, she also bought french fries for $2.00. The total amount rosemary spent for lunch last week was $27.00.

1.) Write an equation that could be solved to find x the price in dollars of a tuna sandwich?

Answer 1

x= unknown cost of tuna sandwich
+2= the two dollars spent on french fries
5x+2=27
5x=25
x=5
A tuna sandwich costs $5