Question

Thomas Vega offers to pay $59 of the March cell phone bill. Each of the other 4 members of the family agrees to split the rest of the bill equally among themselves. How much does each of the 4 family members owe? Show your work.

Answer 1

59×2=118 cost of bill.
59÷4=14.75 for the other 4 if the bill was 118 assuming Thomas pays half.

or...59 ×5=295
assuming they all pd 1/5 of the bill