Phillip's soup kitchen charges the same price, $8.95, for a bowl of any of their soups. the rag-dale family reunion was being held at a park across the street from phillip's soup kitchen. for lunch at the reunion, people had a choice of a bologna sandwich or a bowl of soup from phillip's soup kitchen.
if r people ended up ordering a bowl of soup for lunch, then the equation p = can be used to determine the total price, p, that was charged for the soup.