Newton High School is selling bag lunches for a field trip. The price of \(3\) lunches is given to be \($4.50\). Tyler wants to know if he can afford to buy himself and \(4\) of his friends lunch. If the price of each lunch is fixed, how much money does Tyler need?
Tyler needs 5 lunches total
$ 4.50/ 3 lunches * 5 lunches = $ 4.50/3 * 5 = $.........