Three friends have been working in a garden. One has worked for 11 hours and the other 2 worked for 7 hours. The garden owner paid $500 for the work that was done. How should this money be divided fairly between the three friends?

First should get $220, other two should get $140 each.

Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio of hours the friends worked is 11:7:7. Say that they are paid 11x, 7x, and 7x respectively, therefore:

11x + 7x + 7x = 500

25x = 500

x = 20 so the first friend should get 11 * 20 = $220 and the other two should get 20 * 7 = $140 each.

mr. flanders’ class sold 47 doughnuts and   mr. rodriquez’s class sold 38 cartons of milk

step-by-step explanation:

let x be the number of doughnuts sold by mr. flanders’ class and y be the number of cartons sold by mr. rodriquez’s class.

1. together, the classes sold 85 items, then

x+y=85.

2. both classes earn earned $104.49 for their school. if doughnuts were sold for $1.35 each, then x doughnuts costed $1.35x. if cartons of milk were sold for $1.08 each, then y cartons costed $1.08y. hence,

1.35x+1.08y=104.49.

3. solve the system of two equations: