Question 481807: a group of office workers take part in the lottery they each pay £4.50,£6.00,£3.00 and £4.50 for their group entry if they win they split the winnings in the ratio of their weekly contributions when they win one week, two of the workers recieve£26 154 each how much did the group win in total
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a group of office workers take part in the lottery they each pay £4.50,£6.00,£3.00 and £4.50 for their group entry if they win they split the winnings in the ratio of their weekly contributions when they win one week, two of the workers recieve £26 154 each how much did the group win in total
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The two who paid 4.50 must be the two who received the 26 154
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The multiplying factor must be 26154/4.5 = 5812
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Total win was (4.5 + 4.5 + 3 + 6)*5812 = 104 616
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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