SOLUTION: word problem Divide 500 among the Ahmed, Zaheer and uzma. Ahmed gets 2 1/2 as much as Uzma and Zaheer gets 1 1/2 as much as Uzma. What will the three peoles gets?

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Question 1049482: word problem Divide 500 among the Ahmed, Zaheer and uzma. Ahmed gets 2 1/2 as much as Uzma and Zaheer gets 1 1/2 as much as Uzma. What will the three peoles gets?
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uzma gets 100
ahmed gets 250
and zaheer gets 150
let x be uzma share ,y ahmed share and z for zaheer share.
500(x+y+z)
500(x+2.5x+1.5x)
500/5x
100/x