Sarah and bryan went shopping and spent a total of $47.50. bryan spent $15.50 less than what sarah spent. how much did bryan spend?

none of the above.

for one of the equations to be used in the process, there has to be a term in the equation since squared is .

since there is only a term in the first equation, we cannot derive a from completing the square.

solving with completing the square

1/8 is left? add a bit more info plz