SSC CHSL 6 Aug 2021 Shift 1 Paper

Section: General Intelligence

Question : 28 of 100

Marks: +1, -0

₹ 481

is distributed among A, B and

C

in such a way that B gets two-thirds of what A gets and C gets three-fourths of what B gets. How much does B get?

Solution:

Let the amount of

{A}

₹ x

∴ \;\;

B gets

=\;{2}/{3} x

and C gets

=\;{3}/{4} × \;{2}/{3} × x=\;{1}/{2} x

∴

According to the question,

\;x+\;{2}/{3} x+\;{1}/{2} x=481

⇒\;\;{6 x+4 x+3 x}/{6}=481

⇒\;x=\;{481 × 6}/{13}=₹ 222

∴ \;\;\text " B gets "\;=\;{2}/{3} × 222=₹ 148

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