Final answer:
The total cost of the cab ride is $12.00, and when split evenly among the four friends, each person pays $3.00.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question involves calculating the total cost of a cab ride and splitting it evenly among four people. First, we need to calculate the cost per person without considering the distance. Since the cab ride from the hotel to the stadium costs $1.85 per person, for four people, this amounts to $1.85 x 4 = $7.40.
Next, we determine the cost of the distance traveled. The total mileage cost is based on the rate of $1.15 per 0.5 mile. Since the total distance to the stadium is 2 miles, we need to calculate the cost for four half-miles (since there are two 0.5 miles in each mile). This results in a cost of $1.15 x 4 = $4.60.
To get the overall cost of the cab ride, we add the per person cost to the mileage cost: $7.40 + $4.60 = $12.00. To find out how much each person will pay if they split the cost evenly, we divide the total cost by the number of people, which is four. So each person will pay $12.00 / 4 = $3.00.