# Problem #1755

 1755 Tom, Dorothy, and Sammy went on a vacation and agreed to split the costs evenly. During their trip Tom paid $$105$, Dorothy paid$$125$, and Sammy paid \$$175$. In order to share the costs equally, Tom gave Sammy $t$ dollars, and Dorothy gave Sammy $d$ dollars. What is $t-d$? $\textbf{(A)}\ 15\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 20\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 25\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 30\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 35$ This problem is copyrighted by the American Mathematics Competitions.
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