russell, sarah and terry share money in the ratio 2:5:8, russell gets 120 pound less than terry. how much money do they get each

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Pablo Mack

18 April, 06:26

russell, sarah and terry share money in the ratio 2:5:8, russell gets 120 pound less than terry. how much money do they get each

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Glenn Porter · Answer 1

Russell: 40 pounds; Sarah: 100 pounds; and Terry: 160 pounds.

Step-by-step explanation:

The three different amounts of money are 2x, 5x and 8x, or 15x.

Terry gets 8x, whereas Russell gets 2x, and 8x - 2x = 120 pounds.

Solving for x, 6x = 120 pounds, and so x = 20 pounds.

Russell gets 2 (20 pounds); Sarah gets 5 (20 pounds); and Terry gets 8 (20 pounds), or 40 pounds, 100 pounds and 160 pounds. Note that 40 pounds is 120 pounds less than 160 pounds, as required by the problem.