Question

Peter and his four brothers combined all of their money to buy a video game. If 20% of the total money is Peter's, and $8.00 of the total money is Peter show much do all five brothers have combined?OA. $32.00ОВ.$1.60OC.$40.00OD. $48.00ResetSubmit

Answer 1

Let the total money all the brothers have be $x.

It was given that Peter's money is 20% of the total money. This means that Peter's money will be:

$\Rightarrow\frac{20}{100}\times x=0.2x$

It is also given that Peter's money is $8.00. Therefore, we have that:

$0.2x=8$

Solving, we can get the value of x to be:

$\begin{gathered} x=\frac{8}{0.2} \\ x=40 \end{gathered}$

Therefore, they all have a combined amount of $40.00.

OPTION C is the correct option.