Problem:
Eight friends ate at a restaurant and agreed to share the bill equally. Because Judi forgot her money, each of her seven friends paid an extra to cover her portion of the total bill. What was the total bill?
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Solution:
Judi's share of the bill was , so the total bill was .
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The problems on this page are the property of the MAA's American Mathematics Competitions