Thursday, September 23, 2010

Tom and Jean share some amount of money in the ratio of 7:4, if Tom has 60.00 More that 4/7 of the total, how much did Jean get.



t/j = 7x/4x (x is constant of proportionality, )
i.e. t/t+j = 7x/11x
and t = 4/7(t+j) + 60
Hence 7x = 11x * 4/7 + 60x = 84

Jean = 336

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