SOLUTION: D, E, and F own a business jointly and share profits and losses in the same portion as their investments. How much of a profit of $4500 will each receive if their investments ar

Question 1178903: D, E, and F own a business jointly and share profits and losses in the same portion as their investments. How much of a profit of $4500 will each receive if their investments are $4000, $6000, and $5000 respectively?
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Answer by Solver92311(821) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Divide each of the investments by the total of the three investments to get the three proportions. Then multiply each of the proportions times the total profit to determine the profit share.

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Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

How much of a profit of $ will each receive if their investments are $, $, and $ respectively?
Divide each of the investments by the total of the three investments to get the three proportions.

the total of the three investments:
Ratio of their investments
D:
E:
F:
D: $
E: $
F: $

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SOLUTION: D, E, and F own a business jointly and share profits and losses in the same portion as their investments. How much of a profit of​ $4500 will each receive if their investments ar

SOLUTION: D, E, and F own a business jointly and share profits and losses in the same portion as their investments. How much of a profit of $4500 will each receive if their investments ar