Question

Margo has 15 pounds of clay, Tim has 10 pounds of clay, Tray has 13 pounds of clay, Lila has 14 pounds of clay, and Jerry has 13 pounds of clay. How can they redistribute the clay so that they all have the same amount?

Answer 1

Add all the clay together and divide it by 5 so the answer is 13

Answer 2

Margo gives 2 clay to Tim Lila Gives 1 to time so that everyone will have 13

Explanation:

Given data:

Amount of clay that margo has 15 pound

Amount of clay that Tim has 10 pound

Amount of clay that Tray has 13 pound

Amount of clay that Lila has 14 pound

Amount of clay that jerry has 13 pound

Total number of clay that everyone has 65 clay

Total no of student is 5

so we hvae 65/5 = 13 no of clay distributed to everyone.

Margo should give away 2 pounds clay to Tim to make it twelve and then Lila should give one pound clay to Tim to make it 13. This way everyone has 13 pound of clay.

Margo gives 2 clay to Tim Lila Gives 1 to time so that everyone will have 13