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A started a business with an investment of 40000. After 4 months, B joined him with X. After the next 4 months, C joined them with Y. At the end of one-year partnership, A, B, and C received a profit in the ratio of 20:15:8 respectively. Find the value of (Y  X)

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Important Questions on Ratio, Proportion and Variation

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P invests Rs. 9100, for 3 months, Q invests Rs. 6825 for 2 months and R invests Rs. 8190 for 5 months in a business, If the total profit amounts to Rs 4158, How much profit should Q get?
MEDIUM
Pihu and Rani started a business together by investing 9000 and 6300 respectively. After a certain period, Pihu withdrew from the business completely. If at the end of two years, the total profit earned was 13050 and Pihu's share was 6750, after how many months did Pihu withdrew from business? 
MEDIUM
A,B and C started a business with their investment in the ratio 1:3:5. After 4 months, A invested the same amount as before and B as well as C withdrew half of their investments. What is the ratio of their profits at the end of the year?
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A, B and C are the partners in a firm sharing profit in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5, If they set aside 4% of the profit as an emergency fund and shared the rest of the profit and B gets his share of profit as 1,81,400, the amount of profit set aside for emergency fund is:
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Raman and Sanjay started a business by investing 63000 and 42000 respectively. If the total profit at the end of year is 9000, Then what is the share of Raman?

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A, B and C subscribe a sum of 75,500 for a business. A subscribes 3,500 more than B, and B subscribes 4,500 more than C. Out of a total profit of 45,300, how much (in ) does A receive?
MEDIUM
A and B started a business with initial investments in the ratio 5 : 7. If, after one year their profits were in the ratio 1 : 2 and the period for A's investment was for 7 months only, B invested the money for how many months?
EASY
A, B and C started a business by investing Rs.27,500, Rs.32,500 and Rs. 37,500 respectively. A is a working partner and gets 20% of profit as working allowance and the remaining is distributed in proportion of their investments. If the money received by C is Rs.13,500. What is the total profit?
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B starts a business by investing Rs. 20000. After 2 months, D joins business by investing Rs. 55000. At the end of the year, in what ratio will they share the profit?
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A, B and C undertook work for Rs.80000. Together A and B complete 34 th part of the work. What is the share (in Rs.) of C?

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AB and C started a business. Thrice the investment of A is equal to twice the investment of B and also equal to four times the investment of C. If C's share out of the total profit is 4,863, then the share of A in the profit is:
EASY
A started y business. After 4 months from the start of the business, B and C joined. The respective ratio between the investments of A, B and C was  4: 6: 5. If A's share in annual profit was Rs.250 more than C's share, what was the total annual profit earned?
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A, B and C started a business with their capitals in the ratio 2:3:5A increased his capital by 50% after 4 months, B increase his capital by  3313% after 6 months and C withdrew 50% of his capital after 8 months, from the start of the business. If the total profit at the end of a year was 86,800, then the difference between the start the shares of A and C in the profit was:
EASY
A sum of xwas divided between A, B, C and D in the ratio 13:15:16:19. If the difference between the shares of B and D is 832, then the value of x is:
EASY
A, B and C start a business A invests 3313% of the total capital, B invests 25% of the remaining and C invests the rest. If the total profit at the end of a year is 1,62,000, then A's share in profit is? 
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A B and C started a business by investing Rs. 1,37,500, Rs. 1,62,500 and Rs. 1,87,500 respectively. A is a working partner and gets 20% of the profit as working allowance and remaining is distributed in the proportion of their investment. If the total profit is Rs.2,19,375, what is the share of C?
MEDIUM
15,000 was invested by A and B together to start a small business. They got a profit of 2,000 at the end of the year. B took his profit share of 600. How much did A invest?
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A and B both starts a business. Amount invested by B is one-third of that invested by A. Three months from the start of the business, A withdrew one-third of his investment and B tripled his investments. If from the total annual profit earned, A receives Rs. 1800 as his share from the profit, what was the total annual profit earned?
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Ama, Kamal, and Ratan start a business. The ratio of their investments is 12 : 4 : 3. If at the end the ratio of their profits is 3 : 16 : 9, what is the ratio of time periods of their investments?
EASY
Gita, Shweta and Sita invested Rs. 4200, Rs. 8400 and Rs. 5400 respectively while starting a business. At the end of the year, they earned a profit of Rs. 24,000. Sita invested 32% of her share of the profit in a savings scheme. How much amount is left with her?