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How can $500 be divided between two people so that one person gets $50 more than the other?
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How can $500 be divided between two people so that one person gets $50 more than the other?

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Here's how to do it. Split the money in half. Then take $25 from one pile and put it in the other pile. Give one pile to each person. One will have $225 and the other will have 275.
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well half of 500 is 250 so one person gets 300$ and the other gets 250$
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