Question

£85.75 is being shared between Zayn and Edith in the ratio 3:4.

How much money would each of them get?
(3 marks
Zayn = £
Edith = £

Answer 1

Edith will get £49

Zayn will get £36.75

Explanation:

Here, given the ratio above, we want to share the amount of money between these two

We start by adding the ratio together

The total we have is 3 + 4 = 7

The amount of money that Zayn will get will be;

3/7 * 85.75 = 36.75

The amount of money Edith will get will be

4/7 * 85.75 = 49