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Rusty, Henry, and Linda have recorded a

hit song. If Rusty gets 2/5 of the income and Henry gets 1/5 and they earn $450,000 how much does Linda receive?

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Explanation:

Rusty and Henry gets of the whole share (which is 1). We can setup a ratio and solve for for total amount, which is t: since both get 11/15th of the total, linda will get 15 - 11 = 4, 4/11th of the total Linda's share is = 223,140.5

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