SOLUTION: 2. Ashik and Salman set up a company and invest BD5000 and BD10,000 respectively. They agreed to share the profit between them in the ratio of their investments. After the first ye

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Question 1124042: 2. Ashik and Salman set up a company and invest BD5000 and BD10,000 respectively. They agreed to share the profit between them in the ratio of their investments. After the first year the profit was BD 96000. How much profit does each receive?
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Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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Ashik gains 5000/15000 = 1/3 of the profits and Salman gains 10000/15000 = 2/3 of the profits.

They gain BD96000, so Ashik gains BD24000 and Salman gains BD48000.

Answer by ikleyn(52818) About Me  (Show Source):
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The correct answer is  BD  32,000  and  BD  64,000.


Of course.