9. Tomas buys a bag of 5 peaches for \( \$ 3.55 \). Write and solve an equation to find how much money, \( m \), Tomas paid for each peach.

To find out how much money Tomas paid for each peach, we can set up an equation based on the information given. Let \( m \) be the amount of money Tomas paid for each peach. Since Tomas bought a bag of 5 peaches for $3.55, we can set up the equation: \[ 5m = 3.55 \] To solve for \( m \), we can divide both sides of the equation by 5: \[ m = \frac{3.55}{5} \] Now, we can calculate the value of \( m \) to find out how much money Tomas paid for each peach. Calculate the value by following steps: - step0: Calculate: \(\frac{3.55}{5}\) - step1: Convert the expressions: \(\frac{\frac{71}{20}}{5}\) - step2: Multiply by the reciprocal: \(\frac{71}{20}\times \frac{1}{5}\) - step3: Multiply the fractions: \(\frac{71}{20\times 5}\) - step4: Multiply: \(\frac{71}{100}\) The amount of money Tomas paid for each peach is $0.71.