There are 8 students on the school chess team. They need to raise at least $760 for a field trip. Their advisor says they still need to raise 85% of the funds, and she wants each of them to raise an equal share of the money still needed.

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Snoopy

4 October, 13:56

There are 8 students on the school chess team. They need to raise at least $760 for a field trip. Their advisor says they still need to raise 85% of the funds, and she wants each of them to raise an equal share of the money still needed.

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Kiana Hayes · Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

they need to raise 760 ... they still need to raise 85% ...

so they need to raise 0.85 (760) = 646

and they need to split it 8 ways ...

646 / 8 = 80.75

so each of the 8 people need to raise $ 80.75