SOLUTION: Three people put their money together to buy lottery tickets. The first person put in $20, the second person put in $27, and the third person put in $43. One of the tickets was a w
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Question 1095726: Three people put their money together to buy lottery tickets. The first person put in $20, the second person put in $27, and the third person put in $43. One of the tickets was a winning ticket. If the winning ticket paid $4.5 million, what was the first person's share of the winnings? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Three people put their money together to buy lottery tickets.
The first person put in $20, the second person put in $27, and the third person put in $43.
One of the tickets was a winning ticket.
If the winning ticket paid $4.5 million, what was the first person's share of the winnings?
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divide the winnings into 20+27+43 = 90 parts
: = 50000
1st person share
20 * 50000 = $1,000,000
