Question

Four friends do yardwork for their neighbors over the weekend, earning $\$15,$ $\$20,$ $\$25,$ and $\$40$ respectively. They decide to split their earnings equally among themselves. In total how many dollars will the friend who earned $\$40$ give to the others?

$5$

$10$

$15$

$20$

$25$

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First, the total amount of money that they make is $\$15+\$20+\$25+\$40=\$100.$

Since they divide this equally, they each get $\frac{100}{4}=25$ dollars.

This means that the person who earned $\$40$ earned $\$15$ more than what he will end up with, so he gives $\$15$ to the others.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

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