im talking about some easy question,but for me its to hard ,its some thing about business,,there is 4 friends was make share buisness first person Saeed, which invested 5000 dollars, 2,nd saleem which invested 3500 dillars,James invested 2500 dollars,Ahmad invested 1500 dollars, totall money =12500 ,profit comes 8000 so i want how to divide to understand each person how much profirt?

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im talking about some easy question,but for me its to hard ,its some thing about business,,there is 4 friends was make share buisness first person Saeed, which invested 5000 dollars, 2,nd saleem which invested 3500 dillars,James invested 2500 dollars,Ahmad invested 1500 dollars, totall money =12500 ,profit comes 8000  so i want how to divide to understand each person how much profirt?

anonymous · Answer

All you have to do is set up a proportion for each person.   
How much invested/total investment = x/total profit
Then solve for x

ex: Saeed:   5000/12500 = x/8000  solve for x

Does that make sense?