SOLUTION: kimaro has a three-fifths intereste in a salt operation.He sold five-seveths of his interest for Tsh 450000.
a) what was the kimaro's interest in the operation before selling.
b
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Question 1149983: kimaro has a three-fifths intereste in a salt operation.He sold five-seveths of his interest for Tsh 450000.
a) what was the kimaro's interest in the operation before selling.
b) what is the total value of the salt mining operation
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(1) 450000 is 5/7 of his interest, which we can call x:
Kimaro's interest in the operation before selling was 630000.
(2) 630000 was 3/5 of the total value of the operation, which we can call x:
The total value of the operation is 1050000.
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