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Given:

Amount = £399

Ratio of amount gets Ann to Bill = 2 : 9

Chloe and Dave get 2.5 times the amount Ann gets.

To find:

The amount of money that Bill gets.

Solution:

Let Ann, Bill, Chloe and Dave gets 2x, 9x, 2.5 × 2x and 2.5 × 2x.


2x + 9x + (2.5 * 2x) + (2.5 * 2x) = 399


2x + 9x + 5x + 5x = 399


21x = 399

Divide by 21 on both sides.


$(21x)/(21) =(399)/(21)

x = 19

Amount that Bill gets = 9x

= 9 × 19

= 171

The amount of money that Bill gets £171.

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