Question

Jason and his three friends went out to eat. They each ordered an individual pizza and a soft drink the bill was 17.40. If each person paid the same amount how much did each person pay?

Answer 1

Explanation

We are required to determine how much each person paid.

To do so, we will use the formula

$\frac{Total\text{ amount spent}}{total\text{ number of people}}$

We are told that Jason and his three friends went out to eat.

That means that there are 4 people including Jason

They all spent 17.40

So we can find the amount each spent using the formula above

$amount\text{ each person spent=}\frac{17.40}{4}=4.35$

Therefore, each person paid 4.35