Question

Benjamin, audrey and luis are siblings and want to buy a new gaming console. benjamin has $164.67, luis has $373.24, and audrey has $235.13. the console costs $400 and luis only wants to pay up to one third of his total money. how much will his siblings have to contribute to evenly pay for the remaining cost?

Answer 1

$137.80

Explanation:

We can solve for
`(1)/(3)` of Luis's money using this equation:

• 373.24 ÷ 3 = 124.41 (Rounded to the nearest hundredth)

Subtracting that from the total cost:

• 400 - 124.41 = 275.59

275.59 is the leftover cost of the new gaming console that the siblings have to evenly split. To find out how much the sibling have to pay each, you can use this equation:

• 275.59 ÷ 2 = 137.80 (rounded to the nearest hundredth)

Therefore, to pay for the new gaming console, Benjamin and Audrey will need to each contribute $137.80 to evenly pay for the remaining cost.