five friends share the cost of dinner equally. the bill is d dollars. translate the words into an algebraic expression

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Let's represent the cost of dinner for each friend as "x". Since there are five friends sharing the cost equally, the total cost of dinner can be calculated as 5 times the cost per friend. Therefore, the algebraic expression for the total bill, "d dollars," can be written as:

Total bill = 5x = d dollars