SOLUTION: Tony and some friends went to the movies they bought four drinks and two tubs of popcorn and spent a total of $32.50 on the food each drink cost $3.50 less than a tub of popcorn de
Question 1151799: Tony and some friends went to the movies they bought four drinks and two tubs of popcorn and spent a total of $32.50 on the food each drink cost $3.50 less than a tub of popcorn define a variable write an equation that can be used to find the cost of one tub of popcorn Answer by ikleyn(52787) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
Let x = the cost of one tube of popcorn.
Then each drink costs (x-3.50) dollars, according to the condition.
The equation you are looking for is
4*(x-3.50) + 2x = 32.50. ANSWER