The customer gave you:-- $100-- $5 winning ticket-- $2 winning ticketTotal . . . $107 You gave the customer:-- $17.01 in the form of gas-- $5 in the form of a $5 lottery ticket-- $2 in the form of two $1 lottery tickets-- $3 in the form of a $3 lottery ticketTotal . . . $27.01 In order to be even, you must give the customer another ($107 - $27.01) = $79.99 in change