Question 1022033: you and your friend sell lemonade. you get one third of the total money collected. your friend gets $20.00 less than the total money collected.
A: write an equation to represent that you both earn the same amount of money.
"Y=1/3x-20.00"? (Not sure if I'm right)
B: what is the total amount of money collected?
C: how much does each of you earn?
D: describe a situation to explain the unclaimed money.
Answer by Timnewman(323)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Your equation is a bit wrong.
Let A and B be the two friends that collected the money,let x be the total money.
from your question,
A=x/3
and
B=x-20
then the situation demand that the ammount A received should be equal to ammount B recieved
Hence,
A=B
therefore, x/3=x-20
mutiply out,
x=3x-60
3x-x-60=0
2x-60=0---->this is the required equation.
b.from 2x-60=0,
2x=60
x=30
the total money is 30
so A=x/3
A=30/3
A=10 also
B=x-20
B=30-20
B=10
so each recieved 10
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