Question

Mary sells fruit with four of her friends. If the earnings are divided evenly, how

Answer 1

Total persons including Mary=4+1=5

Earnings per person =$30

Total earnings

• 5(30)
• 150$

Option D

Answer 2

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Let the total money earned be x

since each of them get equal share, therefore :

$\qquad \tt \dashrightarrow \:5 \times 30 = x$

$\qquad \tt \dashrightarrow \:x = \ 150$

And here, we used Total earning as the variable in the problem ~

So, correct choice is D