Question

p and q started a business. they made an annual profit of rs 50000. q being a working partner received 20 % of the annual profit as his salary. if the entire profit were divided in the ratio of their investment, p would received rs 8000 more as his profit share than what he actually got. find p's actual profit share in rs

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Answer 1

Let the investments of P and Q be `p and `q respectively.
Salary of Q = `10000
(40000) 8000
p q
p
(50000)
p q
p +
+
=
+
p : q = 4 : 1
Profit share of p =
5
4
(40000) = `32000 Ans: (32000)