Dan, Shelly, Kirby worked together on a lawn. together they earned $4000. Dan worked 40 hrs, shelly worked 25hrs and Kirby worked 15 hrs. how should they divide the money?
This one I do not understand, can anyone help me?
80 total hours, 4000 dollars. That is 50 dollars an hour, right?
Seems like a lot of money to me.
Together they worked 80 hours.
40/80 = 1/2 or 0.5
1/2 of 4,000 = $2,000
I'm sure you can finish this problem now.
To determine how they should divide the money, we need to calculate the proportion of the money each person earned based on the number of hours they worked.
First, let's find the total number of hours worked by all three people:
40 hours + 25 hours + 15 hours = 80 hours
Next, we can calculate the proportion of the money earned by each person:
Dan's proportion = (Dan's hours worked / Total hours worked) * Total money earned
Shelly's proportion = (Shelly's hours worked / Total hours worked) * Total money earned
Kirby's proportion = (Kirby's hours worked / Total hours worked) * Total money earned
Plugging the values into the formulas:
Dan's proportion = (40 hours / 80 hours) * $4000 = $2000
Shelly's proportion = (25 hours / 80 hours) * $4000 = $1250
Kirby's proportion = (15 hours / 80 hours) * $4000 = $750
Therefore, Dan should receive $2000, Shelly should receive $1250, and Kirby should receive $750.