Question

Katie has 3 cups of juice. Max has 4 cups of juice. Lily has 0.5 cups of juice. How much does Max and Katie need to give to Lily so they all have the same amount

Answer 1

lets see,

Answer 2

holy crap i though this was simple, hold on

Answer 3

I know me too!

Answer 4

You can find out what the "average" amount would be. Which would be (3+4+0.5)/3.

Answer 5

I tried that, it was 2.5.

Answer 6

so that means each one has to have 2.5 cups?

Answer 7

Great. Yes. So how much would Kate have to give to Lily so Kate would be left with 2.5 c

Answer 8

Wait a minute, at first i did exactly that, but I made some errors in my calculations. Thank you. :)

Answer 9

Yeah, I couldn't easily develop a formula to determine all of this at once so I just figured out how much everyone should have to be equal and then figured out how much Kate and Max had to give up.

Answer 10

Thats what i had to do too. thanx again

Answer 11

You're welcome.