Question

At the nut farm you and your friends planted some trees to earn pocket money.

The girls planted 15 trees and the boys 25 trees.
You must share the payment of R640 in the same ratio as work done.

Calculate the amount of money the group of girls and boys will receive?

Answer 1

see below

Explanation:

15:25 divide each side by 5 & get 3:5

3+5 =8 so basically it's like 8 slices of pizza, girls get 3 slices, boys get 5,

now we split the money. 640/8=80, so

girls get 3 x80 = 240

boys get 5x80 = 400