A sum of money is divided in the ratio 4:3. The largest part is Rs 72. Find the smalest part?

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Answer 1 · 2018-02-25T07:47:24

$54 \ "Rs"$

If the money is divided in the ratio of $4:3$ , then $4$ is the larger ratio. We got $72 \ "Rs"$ in the larger part, so $1$ part will be

$(72 \ "Rs")/4=18 \ "Rs"$

So, the smaller part will be

$18 \ "Rs"*3=54 \ "Rs"$

Answer 2 · 2018-02-25T07:48:00

If the largest part is $"Rs 72"$ , that means $4 -> "Rs 72"$

Essentially, $4$ represents $"Rs 72"$ , so if you divide $"Rs 72"$ by $4$ , you get $"Rs 18"$ . So each unit represents $"Rs 18"$ .

Therefore, the smallest part must be

$"Rs 18" * 3 = "Rs 54"$