Answer:
>> I assumed that it was a fair share, when Bill was divider, and divided the sum by 2. However, using the same approach, you may calculate for any proportion you'd like
100 Snickers cost $2 → 1 Snickers costs $2/100 = $0.02
100 Milky Ways cost $5 → 1 Milky Way costs $5/100 = $0.05
100 Reese's cost $1 → 1 Reese's costs $1/100 = $0.01
The total amount of money = $2 + $5 + $1 = $8
Assuming that there is fair share, the sweets, that Bill gets, cost 8/2=$4.
So, let's set up an equation:
<em>x - number of snickers</em>
<em>y - number of milky way</em>
<em>z - number of reese's</em>
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0.02x + 0.05y + 0.01z = 8.00 -- when x=100, y=100, z=100
Therefore, logically, if we half the amount of sweets of each category, we will get sweets for $4.
proof: x=50, y=50, z=50
0.02*50 + 0.05*50 + 0.01*50 = $4
