Question

Ali and ajayan setup a shop together. Ali invested 5000 rupees and ajayan 3000 rupees. they divided the profit for a month in the ratio of their investments and Ali got 2000 rupees. how much did ajayan get? what is the total profit

Answer 1

2000/5=400 400×3=1200 ajayan got 1200rupees
total profit is 2000+1200=3200

Answer 2

Ajayan's profit is Rs. 1200 and Total profit is Rs. 3200.

• Ali and ajayan setup a shop and invested Rs. 5000 and Rs. 3000 respectively.
• Ratio in which they invested money in the shop is 5:3.
• Now they received a profit on the shop and Ali got a profit of Rs. 2000.
• The profit was divided in the ratio in which they invested money.
• Therefore , Ali's profit will be 5x and ajayan's profit will be 3x.
• Total profit earned will be 8x.
• Now, Ali's profit is Rs. 2000

5x =2000

x = 400

• Now ajayan's profit is 3x = 3×400 = Rs. 1200.
• Total profit is 8x = 8×400 = Rs. 3200.