Question

2. Patricia, Luca and Dauda shared an amount of money such that, Patricia had twice as much

as Dauda and Luca had GH¢600.00 more than Dauda. If Patricia had GH¢2,000.00, what
was the average share, to the nearest GH¢?

Answer 1

GH¢1533

Explanation:

Let d represent the amount of Dauda's share in GH¢. Then the problem statement tells us ...

Patricia's share is 2d = 2000

Luca's share is d+600

From Patricia's share, we know Dauda's share is ...

d = 2000/2 = 1000

and Luca's share is ...

1000 +600 = 1600

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The average share is the sum of these, divided by three:

(2000 +1000 +1600)/3 = 4600/3 = 1533.33

To the nearest GH¢, the average share is GH¢1533.