Given:
Nick, Jim and June share money in the ratio 5:5:3.
In total Nick and June received £88.
To find:
The amount received by Jim.
Solution:
Let Nick, Jim and June received 5x, 5x and 3x respectively.
In total Nick and June received £88.
[tex]5x+3x=88[/tex]
[tex]8x=88[/tex]
[tex]x=\dfrac{88}{8}[/tex]
[tex]x=11[/tex]
Now, the amount received by Jim is
[tex]\text{Jim get}=5x[/tex]
[tex]=5(11)[/tex]
[tex]=55[/tex]
Therefore, the amount received by Jim is £55.
