document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1195130>Question 1195130</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> George, Jenna and Doreen start a new company.they agree to share any profit/loss made by the company in the same ratio as their initial contributions to the start-up capital of the company.if George, Jenna and Doreen's respective contributions to the start-up capital are R250000,00 , R100000,00 , and R50000,00 and total profit in the company's first year of operation is R160000,00 how much did each of the partners receive that year? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The ratio of their contributions is 250:100:50 = 5:2:1.  So the fractions of the total that each of them provided is<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "George: 5/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jenna: 2/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Doreen: 1/8<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Dividing the profit of R160000 into 8 equal parts makes each part R20000.  So the profit for each of the three is<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "George: 5*R20000 = R100000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jenna: 2*R20000 = R40000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Doreen: 1*R20000 = R20000<br><BR>\n" );
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