document.write( "Question 1070213: Three individuals form a partnership and agree to divide the profits equally. X invests $9,000, Yinvests $7,000, Z invests $4,000. If the profits are $4,800, how much less does X receive than if theprofits were divided in proportion to the amount invested? \n" ); document.write( "

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The ratios of the investments were
\n" ); document.write( "9:7:4
\n" ); document.write( "The fractions of the total for each investment is:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+9+%2F+%28+9+%2B+7+%2B+4+%29+=+9%2F20+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+7%2F20+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+4%2F20+\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+9%2F20+%2B+7%2F20+%2B+4%2F20+=+20%2F20+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "OK
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\n" ); document.write( "Divided equally, the profits for each are:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+4800%2F3+=+1600+\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "Divided in propotion to the invesytments:
\n" ); document.write( "X receives
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+%289%2F20%29%2A4800+=+2160+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Y receives:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+%287%2F20%29%2A4800+=+1680+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Z receives
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+%284%2F20%29%2A4800+=+960+\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2160+%2B+1680+%2B+960+=+4800+\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "If profit are divided equally, X gets
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2160+-+1600+=+560+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "$560
\n" ); document.write( "less than if divided by amount invested\r
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