Question

Shweta, piyush and samrat started a business together. they made a profit of rupees 45000. it was mutually decided to share the profit in the proportion of investment. so they shared the profit on the proportion of 5 : 2 : 2 respectively. find the profit received by shweta.

Answer 1

5x+2x+2x=45000.
9x=45000
x=45000/9
x=5000

So,Shweta will get=
2x=2X5000
=10000