Question

no one belongs to both math club and photography club, but the two clubs join to hold a car was. nine member of the math club and 6 members of the photography club participate. the profits from the car wash are $150. if each club's profits are proportional to the number of members participating, what share of the profits does the math club receive?

Answer 1

Since there are a total number of 15 members participating, you would divide 150 by 15 since everyone would get their fair share. Next you would multiply 10 by 9 which would result to $90 and the profit the math club received