Amount of profit made by the company in the second quarter = $4 million Let us assume the amount of profit made in the first quarter = x Also let us assume the amount of profit made in the third quarter = y Amount of profit made by the company in the first quarter was 1/3 less than that made in the second quarter Then Amount of profit made in first quarter 3x = 4 million dollars x = 4/3 million dollars Amount of profit made in the third quarter 4y/5 = 4 million dollars 4y = 5 * 4 million dollars 4y = 20 million dollars y = 5 million dollars Then total amount of profit made in the three quarters = (4/3) + 4 + 5 million dollars = (4 + 12 + 15)/3 million dollars = (31/3) million dollars = 10 1/3 million dollars So the total profit made during the three quarters was 10 1/3 million dollars.
Attitudes are more often revealed in spoken rather than written language because we use our tone and pitch. If we're mad our tones and pitch differs from being sad and happy.