Question

Five dollars is divided continuously among 3 boys. The first boy always gets $0.02,the second boy always gets$0.03, and the third always gets $0.05, until the money is gone. How much money does each boy have?

Answer 1

Let n represent the amount of times the boys receive money

5=0.02n + 0.03n + 0.05n
5=0.1n
50 = n

1) boy one has 50(0.02)
= $1

2) boy two has 50(0.03)
= $1.5

3) boy three has 50(0.05)
= $2.5