Divide by seven to figure how much per day (minus any fees that should be split evenly) Divide that by three (How much the 3 people owe per day) Then by 2 (how much the 2 owe for the 2 days they used it).
Yeah, i can't make it work out. I keep stumbling over how many days/people etc. It makes me panicky! Serious elementary school math trauma happened when math teacher called me out in front of everybody for not being able to work out a problem on the board. He said "if you can't cut the mustard you'll have to go back and ketchup" and made me finish the year in the less advanced math class. For real. TRAUMATIZED!
Just shift the time into people usage days (PUD)instead of car days. (3 people x 3 days) + (2 people x 1) + (1 person x 3 days) = 14 PUD. Then divide 387 by the 14 PUD, so each PUD costs $27.64. Finally, multiply that number for each day a person got use of the car.
Person 1 used it for 3 days only: 3 x $27.64 = $82.92
Person 2 used it for 4 days: 4 x $27.64 = $110.56
Person 3 used it for 7 days: 7 x $27.64 = $193.48
Total: $386.96
I think that's fair.
ETA: Yup, inevitable triple x-post in this crowd.
ETA: Yup, inevitable triple x-post in this crowd.
haha that's why I brought the problem here! Thanks you guys!!!
Ugh, that reminds me I still owe some money for my last group vacation.
Heh. And I got here too late to help with the math. Darn. That's the kind of word problem I like on standardized tests. Becauase I'm a freak. Clearly.
Ugh, that reminds me I still owe some money for my last group vacation.
aww sorry! We had a crazy good deal staying in my friend's parents' timeshare condo situation. The car was our biggest and most complicated, expense.
I was just reading an article on rents going down. It gave the figure that rents are down .4%. And then went on to say that renters were in a position to negotiate.
I guess, if the default thinking is constant rent increases, but a .4% decrease is not much of a negotiating term. Is it really a strong position to be asking for a $1 decrease a month?
aww sorry! We had a crazy good deal staying in my friend's parents' timeshare condo situation. The car was our biggest and most complicated, expense.
Luckily, someone else figured out how much I owe -- I just have to pay it! We ended up with a ridiculously complicated situation because different people paid for different expenses (car, groceries, house), so I'm glad I wasn't doing that math!
I guess, if the default thinking is constant rent increases, but a .4% decrease is not much of a negotiating term. Is it really a strong position to be asking for a $1 decrease a month?
Well, some rents are still going up and some are staying the same, so some must be going down a lot more than .4% for .4% to be the average. But anyway, I'd think it'd depend on how full your current building is. If there's a lot of vacancies, they might lower your rent just to keep you happy.
eta: Instead of mentioning the .4%, maybe you could just say, "Rents are going down - what can you do for me?"
Ok.... I'm a total nerd, but I might Obamaize a picture of each person in my family: [link]
