You and three friends go to a restaurant for dinner. you share three appetizers that cost $8 each. you also share two desserts that cost $4 each. you split the total bill evenly. write an expression to find the amount each person paid. then find out how much each person paid. find the error: 3x8+2x4/4 (divided by 4) = 24 + 8/4 =24 + 2 =26 each person pays $26 need an answer !

Each person pays $8

Step-by-step explanation:

The entire sum must be divided by 4.

"three appetizers that cost $8 each": 3 * 8

"two desserts that cost $4 each": 2 * 4

The total cost is 3 * 8 + 2 * 4

Now you must divide the entire sum by 4, so if you write it in a single line, you must use parentheses.

(3 * 8 + 2 * 4)/4 =

= (24 + 8)/4

= 32/4

= 8

Using fractions, it looks like this:

The important lesson from this is that a fraction line is a division but it also means that the numerator must be calculated first, then the denominator must be calculated too, then you divide. When you do not write it as a fraction, but instead, you write in a single line, you must use parentheses where appropriate.

example 2 – simplify: step 1: completely factor both the numerators and denominators of all fractions. step 2: change the division sign to a multiplication sign and flip (or reciprocate) the fraction after the division sign; essential you need to multiply by the reciprocal. step 3 : cancel or reduce the fractions.