SOLUTION: jide and eze entered into a business partnership.the capital for the business was made of 2250000 from jide and 3150000 from eze.they agreed to the share of profit in ratio of thei
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Question 1131600: jide and eze entered into a business partnership.the capital for the business was made of 2250000 from jide and 3150000 from eze.they agreed to the share of profit in ratio of their contribution to the capital. jide invested his share of profit in 1997 at 21% per annum simple interest. jides share of the total profit in 1997 together with the interest earned on it in 5yrs was 3587500. calculate the total profit in 1997 and ezes share of the total profit in 1997 as a percentage of his initial contribution to the total capital.
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The ratio of their contributions to the capital was 225:315 = 5:7. So Jide's share of the profit was 5/12 and Eze's was 7/12.
Let x be the amount of Jide's share of the profit. Invested at 21% simple interest for 5 years made its value 3587500.
Jide's share of the profit was 1750000.
The ratio of Eze's share to Jide's share was 7:5:
Eze's share of the profit was 2450000.
ANSWERS:
(1) the total profit was 1750000 + 2450000 = 4200000
(2) Eze's share of the profit, as a percentage of his initial contribution, was
= 77.78% to 2 decimal places
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