Five friends a matinee movie spend $8 per ticket. They also purchase a small bag of popcorn each. If the friends pend a total of $62.50, how much does each bag of popcorn cost?

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America Coleman

Mathematics

14 July, 11:31

Five friends a matinee movie spend $8 per ticket. They also purchase a small bag of popcorn each. If the friends pend a total of $62.50, how much does each bag of popcorn cost?

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Thalia Brandt · Answer 1

Five friends went to see a movie. Each person paid $5.

This is a total of $40.

$62.50 - $40 = $22.50.

We now have $22.50 to divide by 5 people.

So, $22.50/5 = $4.50.

Each person paid $4.50 for popcorn.