Ratio and Proportion

Partnership
When 2 or more persons invest money in a business, the profit is shared by them in ratio of
their investments, depending on the time period of their investments also.

Q. If A and B invested 500 and 600 rupees for an year, in what ratio must the profit be divided?
Ans. Ratio of investment of A and B is

So, the profit will be shared in ratio of 5 : 6.

Q. If A and B invested 250 and 350 rupees for an year, in what ratio must the profit of 1200 be
divided?
Ans. Ratio of investment of A and B is

So, the profit will be shared in ratio of 5 : 7.

To take actual amounts, we multiply ratio by x. So, amounts are 5x and 7x.
Total is 1200. So, 5x+7x = 1200
12x = 1200
x= 100
So, A will get 5x ,that is 5x100 = 500 rupees.
So, B will get 7x ,that is 7x100 = 700 rupees.

Q. If A invested 1000 rupees ,and after 6 months B joined him with 3000 rupees, in what ratio
must the profit of 10,000 be divided after an year?
Ans. Ratio of investment of A and B is

So, the profit will be shared in ratio of 2 : 3.

To take actual amounts, we multiply ratio by x. So, amounts are 2x and 3x.
Total is 10000. So, 2x+3x = 10000
5x = 10000
x= 2000
So, A will get 2x ,that is 2x2000 = 4000 rupees.
So, B will get 3x ,that is 3x2000 = 6000 rupees.
Q. If A invested 1000 rupees and B invested 3000 rupees. If A is a working partner and gets 100
rupees per month, in what ratio must the profit of 9,200 be divided after an year? Also find
share of A and B.
Ans. Ratio of investment of A and B is

So, the profit will be shared in ratio of 1 : 3.

To take actual amounts, we multiply ratio by x. So, amounts are 1x and 3x.
Total is 9200. But before sharing, we take out the salary of A, which is 100x12 = 1200.
So, left amount = 9200-1200 = 8000. This amount will be shared in ratio of 1 : 3.
So, 1x+3x = 8000
4x = 8000
x= 2000
So, A will get 1x ,that is 1x2000 = 2000 rupees.
So, B will get 3x ,that is 3x2000 = 6000 rupees.
Total amount of A is 2000+1200 = 3200 rupees and B is 6000 rupees.