Question

Business Loss A company loses $144 as a result of a shipping delay. The 9 owners of the

company must share the loss equally. Write an expression for the earnings per person. Evaluate
the expression

Answer 1

Each person will earn $16.

Explanation:

Given that:

Amount of loss faced by the company = $144

Number of people who would share the amount = 9

Let,

x be the share of each person.

Number of people * Share per person = Total loss

9x = 144

Dividing both sides by 9

`(9x)/(9)=(144)/(9)\\`

x = $16

Hence,

Each person will earn $16.