Question

Pip and Sara win some money and share it in ratio 5:4 pip gets £50 how much did they get all together

Answer 1

Answer: £90

Step-by-step explanation:

Pip and Sara get some money. They share it in the ratio 5 : 4.

Pip gets £50 so what did Sara get:

Use direct proportion:

5  :  4

50 :   x

5x = 200

x = 200/5

x = £40

Pip got £50 and Sara got £40.

Together they got:

= 50 + 40

= £90