Mother wants to divide Rs 36 between her daughters Shreya and Bhoomika in the ratio of their ages. Ig age of Shreya is 15 years and age of Bhoomika is 12 years. Find how much Shreya and Bhoomika will get.

Question

Philoid · Accepted Answer

It is given in the question that,

Age of Shreya = 15 years

Also,

Age of Bhoomika = 12 years

Therefore,

Ratio of their ages = =

Hence, mother wants to divide Rs 36 in a ratio of 5: 4

From above ratios, we have

Terms of 5: 4 are 5 and 4

Therefore,

Sum of these terms = 5 + 4 = 9

Now,

Shreya will get of the total money and Bhoomika will get of that money

Hence,

Amount of money that Shreya will get = × 36 = 20

Also,

Amount of money that Bhoomika will get = × 36 = 16

Therefore,

Amount of money that Shreya get = Rs. 20

And,

Amount of money that Bhoomika get = Rs. 16