Five members of ‘SILK’, a self supporting enterprise Jane, Jepchoge, Esther, Mama Charo and Chepkoech were given a certain amount of money to share amongst...

Five members of ‘SILK’, a self supporting enterprise Jane, Jepchoge, Esther, Mama Charo and Chepkoech were given a certain amount of money to share amongst themselves. Jane got 3/8 of the total amount while Jepchoge got 2/5 of the remainder. The remaining amount was shared equally among Esther, Mama Charo and Chepkoech each of which received Kshs. 6,000;

(a) How much was shared among the five business women?
(b) How much did Jepchoge get?
(c) Jane, Jepchoge and Chepkoech invested their money and earned a profit of Kshs. 12,000. A third of the profit was left to maintain the business and the rest was shared according to their investments. Find how much each got.

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Wilfykil answered the question on August 19, 2019 at 12:04

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