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NEED HELP ASAP The salaries of Nathan and Trisha are in the ratio of 5:9. Trisha's salary is £16800 more than Nathan's. Find Nathan's salary.​

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Answer:

From the ratio

The difference is 9 - 5 = 4

Hence Trisha has 4 units more than Nathan and this resulted to 16800

Therefore 1 unit will be

16800 / 4 = 4200


Nathan’s salary is 5 units

5 * 4200 = 21000

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