Problem:
Four friends do yardwork for their neighbors over the weekend, earning , , , and respectively. They decide to split their earnings equally among themselves. In total how many dollars will the friend who earned give to the others?
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Solution:
First, the total amount of money that they make is . Since they divide this equally, they each get dollars. This means that the person who earned $40 earned more than what he will end up with, so he gives to the others.
Thus, the correct answer is .
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