In a writing competition, the first place winner receives ½ of the prize money. the second runner up receives ¼ of what the winner won. what was the total amount of prize money distributed if the winner receives $6,000?

The first thing we must do for this case is to define a variable.

We have then:

x: total amount of money

We now write the equation that models the problem.

For the winner we have:

Then, for the second place we have:

if the winner receives $6,000 the total amount of prize money distributed is: $12,000:

First place: $6,000

Second place: $1,500

Note: There is still money

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step-by-step explanation:

-362

step-by-step explanation:

(12)(4)+2(12)-34(12)+2(12)-3

  \/         \/         \/         \/

  48 +   24 -   408 + 24 - 3

      \   /               \   /

          72     -     432 - 3 = -363