SOLUTION: Three people put their money together to buy lottery tickets. The first person put in $15, the second person put in $32, and the third person put in $43. One of the tickets was a w
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Question 979140: Three people put their money together to buy lottery tickets. The first person put in $15, the second person put in $32, 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 $15, the second person put in $32, 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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Add up the 3 amts to find the total cost of the ticket
15 + 32 + 43 = 90
then the fractions for each will be , , and
find the 1st person's winnings can be reduced to , therefore * 4,500,000 = $750,000
