SOLUTION: Some friends pay a total of $17 for a pizza. Each of the n friends pays an equal share of ghe cost. Complete the given table to help find an expession that describes the cost (in

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Question 1019222: Some friends pay a total of $17 for a pizza. Each of the n friends pays an equal share of ghe cost. Complete the given table to help find an expession that describes the cost (in dollars) per person.
Number of people. Cost per person
3
4
5
6
N

Answer by FrankM(1040)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
$17/N is the cost per person.
$17 is prime, making it a tough number to use in such an example.

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