If Sam Stevens and four other friends want to schedule a 6 hour fishing trip on Lake Ontario with Reel Easy Sport Fishing. The cost for five people is $445. The cost for six people is 510. How much money per person will Sam and each of his friends save if they can find one more friend to go on their fishing trip? Assume that they will split the total cost equally.
445/5 = $89 each
510/6 = $85 each
89 - 85 = ?
x= 4....thanks for the help sue
Right. Each will save $4.00 if they get a sixth person to join them.
To find out how much money per person Sam and his friends will save if they find one more friend to go on their fishing trip, we need to calculate the cost per person for both scenarios: with five people and with six people.
First, let's calculate the cost per person for five people. Since there are five people and the total cost is $445, we divide $445 by 5 to find the cost per person:
Cost per person (with five people) = $445 / 5 = $89
The cost per person for six people is given as $510.
Now that we have the cost per person for both scenarios, we can calculate the savings per person. To do this, we subtract the cost per person with six people from the cost per person with five people:
Savings per person = Cost per person (with five people) - Cost per person (with six people)
= $89 - $510 = -$421
So, if Sam and his friends find one more friend to go on their fishing trip, each person will save -$421. This means that each person will have to pay an additional $421 if they find one more friend to join them on the trip.