Cake sharing
A and B bought cakes. A bought 5 while B bought 3. When they are ready to eat, a poor guy saw and wished them to share the cakes. They both agreed but the poor guy must pay them which the poor guy also agreed. After they finished the cakes, the poor guy paid them 8 dollars. How should A and B split the money?
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1 solution
A and B have 8 cakes which they need to cut into 3 pieces in order to split evenly. A have 15 slices of cake and gave the poor guy 7 slices. B has 9 slices of cake and gave him 1 slice of cake. So the bill need to split into 7:1. So A gets 7 dollars and B gets 1 dollar.