Jada, Nicholas, Nita, and Calvin shared $60. Jada received 1/2 of the total amount of money Nicholas, Nita, and Calvin received.

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Jada, Nicholas, Nita, and Calvin shared $60. Jada received 1/2 of the total amount of money Nicholas, Nita, and Calvin received.

Nicholas received 2/3 of the total amount of money Nita and Calvin received. Nita received 3 times as much as calvin.
(a) how much money did jada receive?
(b) how much more money did nicholas receive than calvin?

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ella [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-21T20:02:25+03:00

ella [17]4 years ago

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a.$20
b. 30$
2/3s of 60 is 40 because 3 divided by 60 is 20 so
20 40 60
1/3 2/3 3/3
jada got half of what nicholas got and nicholas got 2/3s of the money so go back to our little chart and see what 2/3s is
its 40 jada got half of 40 so 40/2 which is 20