A group of people planned to contribute equally towards a water project which needed kshs. 2,000,000 to complete. However, 40 members of the group withdrew...

A group of people planned to contribute equally towards a water project which needed kshs. 2,000,000 to complete. However, 40 members of the group withdrew from the project. As a result, each of the remaining members were to contribute ksh 2500 more.
(a) Find the original number of members in the group.
(b) Forty five percent of the value of the project was funded by Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Calculate the amount that would be made by each of the remaining members of the group.
(c) Members contribution were in terms of labour provided and money contributed. The ratio of the value of labour to the money contributed was 6:19, calculate the total amount of money contributed by the members.

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sharon kalunda answered the question on August 14, 2019 at 10:48

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