Rachel, Neil, Caroline share an amount of money.
Rachel gets five time as much money as Neil gets.
Rachel get half as much money as Caroline gets.

what fraction of the amount of money does Rachel get?

Respuesta :

The fraction of the money belonging to Rachel is [tex]\frac{5}{16}[/tex]

Let [tex]R[/tex] be the amount of money Rachel has

Let [tex]N[/tex] be the amount of money Neil has

Let [tex]C[/tex] be the amount of money Caroline has

Let [tex]M[/tex] be the total amount of money shared between the three people

Then, from the problem we have the following relationships

[tex]R+N+C=M\\\\5N=R \implies N=\frac{R}{5}\\\\\frac{C}{2}=R\implies C=2R[/tex]

Substituting the formulae for [tex]N[/tex] and [tex]C[/tex] into the sum [tex]R+N+C=M[/tex], we get

[tex]R+\frac{R}{5}+2R=M\\\\\frac{5R+R+10R}{5}=M\\\\\frac{16R}{5}=M\\R=\frac{5M}{16}[/tex]

Or, we can say that, [tex]R=\frac{5}{16}\text{ of }M[/tex]

Therefore, the fraction of money Rachel gets is [tex]\frac{5}{16}[/tex] of the total amount.

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