You and a friend go out to dinner and each pay for your own meal. the total cost of the two meals is $25. your meal cost $4 more than your friends meal. how much does each meal cost?

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Iris Riley

Mathematics

10 March, 07:36

You and a friend go out to dinner and each pay for your own meal. the total cost of the two meals is $25. your meal cost $4 more than your friends meal. how much does each meal cost?

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Hayden Baxter · Answer 1

Two meals=$25

let my friends meal be $X,

so my meal is $X+5

both meals costs (X+5) + X=25

2X+5=25

2X=20

X=10

My friends meal costs $10

and my meal costs 10 + 5 = $15