SOLUTION: The winning football team received $1000. This money was split among 5 players and the coach. The players each got the same amount of money as each other, but a different amount

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Question 1127989: The winning football team received $1000. This money was split among 5 players and
the coach. The players each got the same amount of money as each other, but a different
amount than the coach. The ratio between the amount of money the players got and the
amount of money the coach got was 1: 0.5. How much money did each player receive?

Answer by Mtrkcrc(8) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
convert it to 2:1 first
then divide it by 3 because 2 plus 1 equals 3
1000/3
the divide it by 5
which is 66.6