Three friends are driving to new york city and splitting the gas cost equally. at the last minute, 2 more friends joined the trip. the cost of gas was then evenly redistributed among all of the friends. the cost for each of the original 3 decreased by $11.00. what was the total cost of the gas, in dollars?

Let x = the total cost of gas, dollars.

Originally, each of the three friends was to pay x/3 dollars each.
Finally, with two more friends added, the cost became x/5 dollars each.

The savings for each of the original three friends is $11, therefore
x/3 - x/5 = 11
(2x)/15 = 11
x = (11*15)/2 = $82.50

The total cost of gas is $82.50

$22. if larry's profit were to minimize by one for every hour his store were to be closed, we would subtract 30 by 8.

The answer is “faster”.