Question

Can you help me with this question please

Answer 1

Given:

Amount = £399

Ratio of amount gets Ann to Bill = 2 : 9

Chloe and Dave get 2.5 times the amount Ann gets.

To find:

The amount of money that Bill gets.

Solution:

Let Ann, Bill, Chloe and Dave gets 2x, 9x, 2.5 × 2x and 2.5 × 2x.

$2x + 9x + (2.5 \times 2x) + (2.5 \times 2x) = 399$

$2x + 9x + 5x + 5x = 399$

$21x = 399$

Divide by 21 on both sides.

$\frac{21x}{21} =\frac{399}{21}$

x = 19

Amount that Bill gets = 9x

                                   = 9 × 19

                                   = 171

The amount of money that Bill gets £171.