Question

Mia, Keela And Michelle are selling girl scout cookies.In all they have sold $800 worth of cookies. Mia sold 57 boxes, Keela sold 28 boxes and Michelle sold 15 boxes. How should the girls split the money so that they earn the same fraction as the boxes of cookies that they sold? Should Mia and Michelle get the same amount of money? Why Or Why not?

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Answer 1

the money should be split as per each girl sold. total boxes sold is 100.

Explanation:

total boxes sold is 100. Mia sold 57/100 keela 28/100 and Michelle 15/100.

mia=456$

keela=224$

michelle=120$

calculated as boxes sold/100 x 800$