Sophie pays m dollars to rent a car for the weekend. On the drive

home, she buys $25 worth of gasoline. Her friend Melody pays for

one-half the cost of the car rental only. Write an expression you

could use to determine how much Sophie spent.

Answer: 1/2m+25

Step-by-step explanation:

Hi, to answer this question we have to write an expression with the information given.

The total cost for Sophie is equal to the cost of the car rental (m) plus the cost of the gasoline (25) minus the amount that melody paid (half the cost of the car rental is m divided by 2).

Mathematically speaking:

m + 25 - 1/2m

m - 1/2m + 25

1/2m+25

1/2m+25

Step-by-step explanation:

if melody pays 1/2 then sophie pays 1/2 too and then she also spends 25 so you just have to add them together.