2020 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 2

Problem 2

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 much will the friend who earned $$40$ give to the others?

$\textbf{(A) }$5 \qquad \textbf{(B) }$10 \qquad \textbf{(C) }$15 \qquad \textbf{(D) }$20 \qquad \textbf{(E) }$25$

Solution

First we average $15,20,25,40$ to get $25$ . Thus, $40 - 25 = \boxed{\textbf{(C) }15.}$ . ~~Spaced_Out

Solution 2

The total earnings for the four friends is $15+20+25+40=$100$ . Since they decided to split their earnings equally among themselves, it follows that each person will get $\frac{$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)100}{4}=$25 $. Since the friend who earned$ $40 $will need to leave with$ $25 $, it follows that he will have to give$ 45-15=$15 $to the others$ \implies\boxed{\textbf{(C) }15}$.
~jmansuri

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