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four friends contributed the sum of money to a charitable organization in the ratio 1:3:5:7. if the largest amount contrebuted is birr 35. calculate the total amount contributed by the four people​

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Answer:

birr 80

Explanation:

The total number of ratio units is 1+3+5+7 = 16. The largest amount is represented by 7 ratio units, so is 7/16 of the total. The total contributed is ...

16/7 × (birr 35) = birr 80

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