Q.A, B, and C started a business together with capital investments of ₹6,000, ₹8,000, and ₹9,000 respectively. After a few months, A invested an additional ₹3,000 into the business. At the end of the year, the total profit was ₹30,000, and C received ₹10,800 as his share of the profit. When did A invest the additional ₹3,000?

Let A invest ₹3,000 after \(x\) months. ∴ A invested ₹6,000 for \(x\) months and ₹9,000 (i.e., ₹6,000 + ₹3,000) for \((12 - x)\) months. So, A’s capital for 1 month = \(6000x + 9000(12 - x)\) \(= 6000x + 108000 - 9000x\) \(= 108000 - 3000x\) B’s capital for 1 month = \(12 × 8000 = ₹96,000\) C’s capital for 1 month = \(12 × 9000 = ₹108,000\) ∴ Ratio of A : B : C = \(108000 - 3000x : 96000 : 108000\) \(= 36 - x : 32 : 36\) \(= \cfrac{36 - x}{104 - x} : \cfrac{32}{104 - x} : \cfrac{36}{104 - x}\) [∵ \(36 - x + 32 + 36 = 104 - x\)] ∴ C’s share of profit = \(\cfrac{36}{104 - x} × 30000 = \cfrac{1080000}{104 - x}\) Given: \(\cfrac{1080000}{104 - x} = 10800\) i.e., \(1080000 = 1123200 - 10800x\) i.e., \(10800x = 1123200 - 1080000\) i.e., \(x = \cfrac{43200}{10800} = 4\) ∴ A invested ₹3,000 after 4 months.
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