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Mark and John share the cost of a birthday gift. The cost of the gift is $20.48. Mark pays for 2/3 of the gift and John pays for the remaining 1/3. How much did each boy pay?

Sagot :

Given:

Cost of gift = $20.48

Mark pays for [tex]\dfrac{2}{3}[/tex] of the gift and John pays for the remaining [tex]\dfrac{1}{3}[/tex].

To find:

The amount paid by each boy.

Solution:

We have,

Cost of gift = $20.48

Mark pays for [tex]\dfrac{2}{3}[/tex] of the gift. So, the amount paid by Mark is:

[tex]20.48\times \dfrac{2}{3}\approx 13.653[/tex]

John pays for the remaining [tex]\dfrac{1}{3}[/tex]. So, the amount paid by John is:

[tex]20.48\times \dfrac{1}{3}\approx 6.827[/tex]

Therefore, the amount paid by Mark and John are $13.653 and $6.827 respectively.