Question

Emmalissa goes to the movies with 4 friends. They will each pay an equal share for the movie tickets. Ozzie volunteered to put in extra for the popcorn which was $12.50. The total bill with the popcorn included was $56.50. How much does each friend need to pay for their share of the movie tickets?

Answer 1

So there is 5 friends, including emmalissa, going to the movies. The bill is 56.50 total. So first you must find the amount of money spent on just movie tickets. Since Ozzie put in 12.50 for popcorn, then that isn't in the movie ticket cost, so you must subtract 12.50 from 56.50. Once you do that you will have $44.00 spent on movie tickets. So for each friend to pay an equal share of the $44, you need to divide 44 by 5, because that will split the cost of 5 movie tickets between 5 friends. What is 44 divided by 5? Once you find that, that will be your answer