Dan, Shelly, Kirby worked together on a lawn. together they earned $4000. Dan worked 40 hrs, shelly worked 25hrs and Kirby worked 15 hrs. how should they divide the money?

This one I do not understand, can anyone help me?

2 answers

80 total hours, 4000 dollars. That is 50 dollars an hour, right?

Seems like a lot of money to me.
Together they worked 80 hours.

40/80 = 1/2 or 0.5
1/2 of 4,000 = $2,000

I'm sure you can finish this problem now.