Malia split up the large container of salsa that she bought equally into 5 bowls to place around her house for the party. If each bowl contained 8. 5 ounces of the salsa, which shows the correct equation and value of x, the total amount of salsa in the original container?



a. X/5=8. 5;x=1. 7


b. X/5=8. 5;x=42. 5


c. 5x=8. 5;x=1. 7


d. 5x=8. 5. X=42. 5