Question

A city council approves a plan to renovate a sports arena. The cost of the renovation will be $229,682. This cost will be shared equally by the 41 schools that use the arena. How much will each school contribute?

Answer 1

$5,602

Explanation:

Since the cost is shared equally, this means that each school will pay the same. Therefore, we can simply divide the total cost of the renovation by the number of schools in the area to calculate the individual contribution of each school. Like so...

$229,682 / 41 = $5,602

We can now see that each school will contribute a total of $5,602 to the renovation costs.