Question

3 people share a sum of money in a ration of 3:5:7 If one recieves 10 more than the other, what is the amount shared

Answer 1

Answer:

We have the ration:

3:5:7

This means that, if they receive $15, then:

Person A will get $3

Person B will get $5

Person C will get $10

Let's then define the amount of money shared as:

Amount = K*$15

where we want to find the number K.

In this scenario, each they will get:

Person A : $3*K

Person B: $5*K

Person C: $7*K

Now, we know that one of them gets "10 more than the other"

(The problem here is that we do not know exactly who receives more than who, i will suppose that person B receives $10 more than person A)

then we can have:

$5*K = $10 + $3*K

solving this for K, we have:

$5*K - $3*K = $10

$2*K = $10

K = $10/$2 = 5

Then the amount shared, in this situation, is:

Amount = K*$15 = 5*$15 = $75.