Given:
$184500 are to be divided between 2 people.
One person has 80% of what the other person has.
To find:
The amount each one receive in $.
Solution:
Let $x be the amount received by first person. Then,
Amount received by the second person = 80% of x
= 0.80x
Total amount = Amount received by first person + by second person
=[tex]x+0.80x[/tex]
=[tex]1.80x[/tex]
Total amount is 184500. So,
[tex]1.80x=184500[/tex]
[tex]x=\dfrac{184500}{1.80}[/tex]
[tex]x=102500[/tex]
So, the amount received by the first person is $102,500.
[tex]0.80x=0.80\times 102500[/tex]
[tex]0.80x=82000[/tex]
So, the amount received by the second person is $82,000.
