Divide £50 into the ratio 1:4

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Kendal Fields

24 June, 14:49

Divide £50 into the ratio 1:4

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Benjamin Mayo · Answer 1

Don't know how to type the symbole infront of the 50 so I will subsitute

£50=$50

so 1:4

add it up

1+4=5

so 5 total units

$50=5 units

divide by 5

$10=1 unit

so 1:4=10:10 times 4=10:40

the answer is 10:40

Angelica Goodman · Answer 2

First, what you need to do is to add up these two numbers in the ratio, which gives you this:1+4=5.

Step 2 divide 50 with number 5

Step 3 the result is 10

Step 4 1:4=1·10:4·10

Step 5 1:4=10:40