SOLUTION: Question = A started a business with capital of 7800 Rs. And B joined in after 3 months with a capital of 5000 Rs. Then after 6 more months passed by, and at the end of the month C

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Question 890179: Question = A started a business with capital of 7800 Rs. And B joined in after 3 months with a capital of 5000 Rs. Then after 6 more months passed by, and at the end of the month C joined the business with a capital of 3200 as well.if the profit gained from the business is 3560 then what is everyone's share of profit?
Sir, i tried to solve this question but had some problems :-
7800:5000×3:3200×6 i thought that the ratio would be like this but in the book it shows ithe ratio like this :-
7800×12:5000×9:3200 why?

Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The total number of months A invested is 12
B invested for 9 months
hence the answer

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