To get a free meal at his favorite restaurant, tom needs to spend 50$ or more at the restaurant. he has already spent 30.25$. how much more does tom need to spend to get his free meal?

So for Tom to get his free meal he needs to spend 50 dollars.

This means the following⬇️


This equation is the 50 dollars he has to spend minus the 30.25 he has already spent which results in⬇️

This results in Tom needing to still spend 19.75 more dollars to get his free meal!!

Hope this helped!!