Question

Sam and Bethan share £54 in the ratio 5:4 how much does each person get

Answer 1

Answer:add 5 and 4, you get 9. divide 54 by 9, and you get 6. this is because for every 5 sam gets bethan will get 4. if you add, that, you will get the total amount for 1 share.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Sam gets £30

Bethan gets £24

Explanation:

Since they split the money in a ratio of 5:4, that means for every 5 parts of the money that Sam gets, Bethan gets 4 parts. The total of 5 parts and 4 parts is 9 parts.

To find how much each part is, we divide £54 by 9.

£54/9 = £6

Each part is £6.

Sam gets 5 parts: 5 × £6 = £30

Bethan gets 4 parts: 4 × £6 = £24