Please help with this Word Problem I need help in writing and solving the equation:

You and your friend spent a total of $15 for lunch. Your friend's lunch cost $3 more than yours did. How much did you spend for lunch?

Thanks :p
KT Bug

Assign Y as the amount you spent for lunch and F as the amount your friend paid for lunch and write two equations and solve.

Any ideas?

Yours cost $6.00
Friend's cost $ 9.00

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Please help with this Word Problem I need help in writing and solving the equation:

You and your friend spent a total of $15 for lunch. Your friend's lunch cost $3 more than yours did. How much did you spend for lunch?

Thanks :p
KT Bug


Well we should put the 15 dollars apart we should find how much did u spend so first lest find out how much your friend spend so the problem say that there amount was that the friend money cost 3 dollars more then yours so the answers is correct that u add 6 +9 and the answer is 15

I spent 6 dollars