Question

There are three friends (Mahesh, Ramesh and Suresh) who go for hunting to a jungle and decide to
camp near a village. It was cold and they needed to light a fireplace. Each of them go out in search
of wood. After an hour Mahesh comes back with 5 logs and Ramesh comes back with 3 logs.
However, Suresh could not get any logs, and offered Rupees 8 to Mahesh and Ramesh as his equal
share. How should Mahesh and Ramesh divide the money?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Mahesh would get 5/8 of total money, i.e.,Rs 5.

Ramesh would get 3/8 of the total money, i.e.,Rs 3.