Sammie and her 3 cousins split their winnings from bingo evenly. She paid $25 to get a ride home. If she had $475 when she got home, how much money did they win altogether?(1 point)

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Responses

$112.50
$112.50

$125
$125

$133.33
$133.33

$2,000

Answer 1

Let's work through the problem step by step.

1. Sammie has $475 when she gets home.
2. She paid $25 for a ride home, which means she had $475 + $25 = $500 before paying for the ride.
3. There are 4 people involved (Sammie and her 3 cousins), and they split the winnings evenly.

To find out how much they won altogether, we can divide the total amount she had before the ride ($500) by the number of people:

\[ \text{Total winnings} = \text{Amount each person received} \times \text{Number of people} \]

Let’s denote the amount each person received as \( x \). Since they split the winnings evenly, we have:

\[ 4x = 500 \]

Now solve for \( x \):

\[ x = \frac{500}{4} = 125 \]

Now that we have the amount each person received ($125), we can calculate the total winnings by multiplying this by the number of people:

\[ \text{Total winnings} = 125 \times 4 = 500 \]

So the total winnings are indeed $500.

Since none of the options list $500, it seems there may have been a misunderstanding, or perhaps a mistake in the problem or answer choices. As for the provided options, none match the calculations. However, based on the information given, the correct winnings from their bingo, based on the breakdown, is $500.