Question

Angela shared a cab with her friends. When they arrived at their destination, they evenly divided the \$j$jdollar sign, j fare among the 333 of them. Angela also paid a \$5$5dollar sign, 5 tip. How much did Angela pay in total?

Answer 1

`\$ ((j+15)/(3) )`

Explanation:

There were three friends and the total fare was $j

Each of the friends pays
`\$ ((j)/(3) )` for their cab fare.

Since Angela also paid a $5 Tip

Total Amount Paid by Angela = Share of cab fare + Tip

`\$ ((j)/(3) ) + \$5`

We can simplify this further by taking the LCM.

`\$ ((j)/(3) ) + \$5=\$ ((j+15)/(3) )`

The total amount paid by Angela therefore is :
`\$ ((j+15)/(3) )`