Question

Brian Steve and Rita invested a total of $24,000 in a business each person invested the same amount unfortunately in the first quarter they suffered a loss of $4500 which they shared equally by what amount as each individual investment change due to the loss

Answer 1

1500

Explanation:

Answer 2

Each individual investment changed by $2250 due to the loss.

Explanation:

It is given that Brian Steve and Rita invested a total of $24,000 in a business.

Each person invested the same amount. So amount invested by each person is

`(24000)/(2)=12000`

Therefore invested by each person is $12000.

They suffered a loss of $4500, which they shared equally. Each individual suffered a loss of

`(4500)/(2)=2250`

Therefore Brian Steve and Rita suffered a loss of $2250 each. So, each individual investment changed by $2250 due to the loss.