Three friends are selling items at a bake sale. May makes $23.25 selling bread. Inez sells gift baskets and makes 100 times as much as May. Jo sells pies and makes one tenth of the money Inez makes. How much money does each friend make?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-05T09:52:34

Inez = $2325
Jo = $232.50

We already know how much May earnt which was $23.25.

Since Inez earns 100 times as much as May, we do #23.25 times100 = 2325#. Hence, Inez earns $2325.

And for Jo, who makes one tenth of the money that Inez makes, we do #2325times1/10=232.5#. Hence Jo makes $232.50