SSC CHSL 4 Mar 2018 Shift 1 Paper

Section: General Awareness

Question : 84 of 100

Marks: +1, -0

Rohit started a business with Rs 75000 and after some months Simran joined him with Rs 60000. If the profit at the end of the year is divided in the ratio 3 : 1, then after how many months did Simran join Rohit?

Validate

Solution:

Rohit invested Rs. 75,000 for 12 months and Simran invested Rs. 60,000 for months
⇒ Ratio of profits of P:Q =

(75, 000 × 12) : (60, 000 × x)

According to ques,
⇒

75/{5x} = 3/1

⇒

5x × 3 = 75

⇒

x =75 / 15 = 5

Thus, Simran joined Rohit after = 12 - 5 = 7 months

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