Question

im back with more math
Rick and Nick share their food with Albert. Rick has 5 loaves of bread and Nick has 3 loaves. The three share the bread equally. Albert gives Rick and Nick 8 dollars, which they agree to share fairly. How should Rick and Nick divide the eight dollars between them?

Answer 1

@AZ

Answer 2

uh whos pear? im confused xp

Answer 3

That was a plagiarized response, I believe.

Answer 4

I accidentally did that, lol my bad I was reading and accidentally clcked it

Answer 5

its ok i'll just wait for AZ to help

Answer 6

It feels so tempting to just say that Rick should get $5 and Albert get $3 but that's not the solution haha


There's 8 loaves of bread and they share is equally

so 8/3 = 2 2/3

and that's how much Rick, Albert and Nick each ate

and how much would you have to subtract from Rick's share to make it that average
and how much from Albert's share

and that should be the ratio in how you divide the money between Rick and Albert

Answer 7

what what do u mean by average xp

Answer 8

oh well by average I meant how much bread they got which is 2 2/3

I said average since they shared it equally

Answer 9

Wait srry im so confused
what is ricks share then?

Answer 10

so Rick and Nick come to the party with their loaves of bread

and Albert comes empty handed

They split the bread equally

5 + 3 = 8 loaves of bread

8 / 3 = 2.67 or 2 2/3 to be exact

that's how much each one gets

Answer 11

now Albert pays them 8 dollars for the bread

how should they split the money?

so the best way to think about it is

how much did Rick give from his share to reach 2 2/3
and similarly for Nick

and that's the ratio the money should be split in

Answer 12

oh i see

Answer 13

so like if I want to make an analogy

let's say I have 2 cakes
and then we meet up and I give you one cake so we both had one cake each
you pay me $5 for the cake

it's all simple since there's two people

but let's say there's three people and I have 3 cakes and you brought 3 cakes
and this other guy brought none

we both gave him one cake each
and now we all got to eat 2 cakes

so if he paid us any money, we would split it equally since we both gave him one cake

but let's say instead

I had 4 cakes, you had 2 cakes and this third person had 0

I give 2 cakes to this person
now we all get to eat 2 cakes

and if he pays us, I get all the money because they were my 2 cakes

Answer 14

does that make more sense

Answer 15

so the answer is
(5-8/3)*8
(3-8/3)*8

Answer 16

hmm no

5 - x = 8/3

3 - y = 8/3

and then the $8 should be split in the ratio of x to y

so
x/(x+y) * 8

and
y/(x+y) * 8

Answer 17

5-8/3=15/3-8/3=7/3
9/3-8/3=1/3
x=7/3
y=1/3

(7/3)/(8/3)=7/8*8=7
(1/3)/(8/3)=1/8*8=1
@AZ would this work?

Answer 18

ohhh so yeah, you were right about the

5 - 8/3
3 - 8/3

If I just read what I posted then I would have seen x and y is equivalent to that

But that is correct. Good job!!