questionablecookie
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I have a bill that two parties pay, however one of the parties was gone for 3 days that the bill accounts for. Total bill is $371.19 for 31 days. I worked it out two ways but am not sure which totals each party pays is correct or which method to use is correct. I started by figuring how much is for each day: 371.19/31=11.973 meaning for 3 days its 35.92
First method I tried was dividing the total in two then adding and subtracting the amount of the 3 days for each party accordingly
so: 371.19/2= 185.595 each party
party 1: 185.60- 35.92=149.68
party 2: 185.60+35.92= 221.52
At first this seemed the more logical way to do it, but once calculating it seemed there was a discrepancy. The totals should only be 35.92 in difference not 71.84.
The second method I used was taking the original total then subtracting the amount of 3 days from that and from there dividing that total in two so:
371.19-35.92=335.27 then
335.27/2=167.64
Party 1: 167.64
Party 2: 167.64+35.92=203.56
For this i didn't think I'd need to subtract the 35.92 from Party 1 as it was already taken into account when it was subtracted from the total in the beginning. And although this seems correct since now the only difference is the 35.92 from what each have to pay, I'm still confused as the first method I used I thought made the most sense.
First method I tried was dividing the total in two then adding and subtracting the amount of the 3 days for each party accordingly
so: 371.19/2= 185.595 each party
party 1: 185.60- 35.92=149.68
party 2: 185.60+35.92= 221.52
At first this seemed the more logical way to do it, but once calculating it seemed there was a discrepancy. The totals should only be 35.92 in difference not 71.84.
The second method I used was taking the original total then subtracting the amount of 3 days from that and from there dividing that total in two so:
371.19-35.92=335.27 then
335.27/2=167.64
Party 1: 167.64
Party 2: 167.64+35.92=203.56
For this i didn't think I'd need to subtract the 35.92 from Party 1 as it was already taken into account when it was subtracted from the total in the beginning. And although this seems correct since now the only difference is the 35.92 from what each have to pay, I'm still confused as the first method I used I thought made the most sense.