Question

will, tim and harry are going to have dinner together. will pays for 2 pizza costing 3.75 each. tim pays for 3 desserts costing 1.09 each. tim says I´ve paid my fair share of the total cost. Find out if Tim is correct. You must justify your answer.

Answer 1

To determine if Tim is correct in stating that he has paid his fair share of the total cost, we need to calculate the total cost of the dinner and compare it to the cost of the desserts Tim paid for.

Will paid for 2 pizzas at a cost of $3.75 each, for a total of 2 * $3.75 = $7.50

Tim paid for 3 desserts at a cost of $1.09 each, for a total of 3 * $1.09 = $3.27

The total cost of the dinner is $7.50 + $3.27 = $10.77

To check if Tim has paid his fair share, we need to compare the cost of the desserts he paid for ($3.27) to the total cost of the dinner ($10.77)

$3.27 is 30.3% of $10.77, meaning Tim paid for around 30% of the dinner.

In this case, it's not fair to say that Tim has paid his fair share of the total cost, since he paid for only around 30% of the dinner, and as such, this cost should be split among the three of them.

It would be more accurate to say that Tim has paid a portion of the dinner, but not his fair share.