2013 AMC 12A Problem 5
Problem 5 of 25EasierAlgebra
Tom, Dorothy, and Sammy went on a vacation and agreed to split the costs evenly. During their trip Tom paid Dorothy paid and Sammy paid In order to share the costs equally, Tom gave Sammy dollars, and Dorothy gave Sammy dollars. What is
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The total spent was so each fair share is dollars.
Then and so
Thus, the correct answer is B.