Isabel paid a total of $45 for 5 frozen meals. She had a coupon for $3 off the regular price of each meal. Each meal had the same regular price. What was the regular price of each meal?

Write an equation that could be used to answer the question above. First, choose the appropriate form. Then, fill in the blanks with the numbers 45, 5, and 3. Let represent the regular price (in dollars) of each meal.

Solve the equation in part (a) to find the regular price (in dollars) of each meal.

At the olympic games, many events have several rounds of competition. one of these events is the men's 100-meter backstroke. the upper dot plot shows the times (in seconds) of the top 8 finishers in the final round of the 2012 olympics. the lower dot plot shows the times of the same 8 swimmers, but in the semifinal round. which pieces of information can be gathered from these dot plots? (remember that lower swim times are faster.) choose all answers that apply: a: the swimmers had faster times on average in the final round. b: the times in the final round vary noticeably more than the times in the semifinal round. c: none of the above.