3. At a bargain store, Tanya bought 5 items that each cost the same amount. Tony bought 3 items that each cost the same amount, but each was $2.5 less than the items that Tanya bought. Both Tanya and Tony paid the same amount of money. What was the individual cost of each person's items? (a) Write an equation. Let x represent the cost of one of Tanya's items.
(b) Solve the equation. Show your work.
(c) Check your solution. Show your work.
(d) State the solution in complete sentences.

Amodified roulette wheel has 36 slots. one slot is 0, another is 00, and the others are numbered 1 through 34, respectively. you are placing a bet that the outcome is an odd number. (in roulette, 0 and 00 are neither odd nor even.) a. what is your probability of winning? the probability of winning is startfraction 17 over 36 endfraction . (type an integer or a simplified fraction.) b. what are the actual odds against winning? the actual odds against winning are nothing: nothing. c. when you bet that the outcome is an odd number, the payoff odds are 1: 1. how much profit do you make if you bet $10 and win? if you win, the payoff is $ nothing. d. how much profit should you make on the $10 bet if you could somehow convince the casino to change its payoff odds so that they are the same as the actual odds against winning? $ nothing (round to the nearest cent as needed.)