Question

Three students earned $48.76 at the bake sell. The students split the earnings evenly, how much did each student recieve?

Answer 1

48.76 / 3 = =16.253333
So they each got $16.25

Answer 2

Answer

Find out the  how much did each student recieve .

To prove

Let us assume that  each student earned in the bake sell be x .

As given

Three students earned $48.76 at the bake sell.

The students split the earnings evenly i.e earning is divided into three equal parts .

Than the equation becomes

$x = \frac{48.76}{3}$

Solving the above

x = $16.25(approx)

Therefore the  each student recieve $16.25(approx) .

Hence proved