Ariana and her father share her college costs in a ratio of 1:4. What part did she pay of her $12,000 college costs this year?

The alternatives are as follows: a. $3,000 b. $ 2,400 c. 9,000 and d. 9,600

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Sahar Mulla ❤
Feb 16, 2018

Ariana and her father share her college costs in a ratio of 1:4.
taking x to be the common multiple,

so, x + 4x = "total cost. "

5x=12000

x=12000/5

x=$2400

therefore, alternative b. $2,400 is the correct one.

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