Question

Jack owed $12.00 in library fines.half of this was for 2 overdue videos.the rest was for 6 books that were each 20 days overdue how much did jack owe for each overdue book

Answer 1

1$ would be the answer. Because if half of the 12 dollar fines would be 6$. And then in order for the 6 books to equal out evenly it would have to be 1$

Answer 2

Jack owes $1.00 for each book. $12.00 ÷ 2 = $6. $6 ÷ 6 = 1. So your answer is $1.00.