How should they divide the money so that each class gets the same fraction of the prize money as the fraction of the box tops that they collected?

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asked Apr 2, 2019 175k views

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Siful Islam · Answer 1 · 2019-04-08T09:46:39+0000

Figure the fraction of box tops each class collected, then multiply the prize money by that fraction.

Total box tops = 3760 +2301 +1855 = 7916

Mr Coronado's class's fraction: 3760/7916 × $600 = $284.99

Mrs De Souza's class's fraction: 2301/7916 × $600 = $174.41

Mr Nost's class's fraction: 1855/7916 × $600 = $140.60