Question

Leslie and Jenny are two of the partners in a business. Leslie makes $3 in profit for every $4 that Jenny makes. If Jenny makes $60 profit on the first item they sell, how much profit does Leslie make

Answer 1

For the $60 Jenny made, Leslie made $80.

Explanation:

Given that Leslie makes $3 in profit for every $4 that Jenny makes.

We want to find how much profit Leslie makes if Jenny makes $60.

Jenny makes $60 profit, meaning she made $3 profit 20 times, because $3 × 20 = $60.

In those 20 times, Leslie makes $4.

$4 × 20 = $80

Which means for the $60 Jenny made, Leslie made $80.

Or we can justuse the ratio as follows:

If x is the amount Leslie made, then

3/60 = 4/x

3x = 60×4 = 240

x = 240/3 = 80

Leslie made $80

Answer 2

Amount of profit made by Leslie =$45

Explanation:

The total profit made by Jenny = $60

Since Leslie makes $3 for every $4 that Jenny makes, let us calculate the number of $4 that we can find in $60 (i.e. ratio of $60 to $4)

Ratio of $60 to $4) = 60/4 = 15

The amount of profit made by Leslie = 15 * $3

Amount of profit made by Leslie =$45