Carmela has $7 and each of her four cousins has $2. How much will Carmela have to give to each of her cousins so that she and her cousins will have the same amount of money? Give me reasons, before answering the question
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Carmela's four cousins have a total of $2 x 4 = $8. The total money they all have is $7 + $8 = $15. There will be 1 (Carmela) + 4 (cousins) = 5 people who will be sharing equally the money. So each of them should get $15 / 5 = $3. Hence, Carmela has to give a total of $7 - $3 = $4 to her 4 cousins. Therefore, each of her cousins will get $4 / 4 = $1. So the final answer is 1.
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