Maya, Mohan, Latha and Jagan bought a motorbike for 60000. Mayapaid on

1.	Maya, Mohan, Latha and Jagan bought a motorbike for 60000. Mayapaid one half of the sum of the amounts paid by the other three. Mohanpaid one third of the sum of the amounts paid by the other three, andLatha paid one fourth of the sum of the amounts paid by the other three.How much did Jagan has to pay ?(A) 15000 (B) 13000 (C) 17000 (D) 16000
Answer» For Maya, let sum of money paid by all except Maya be xSo, Maya paid half of x = x/2 so, x+x/2= 60000which gives x= 40000so, Maya paid 40000/2 =20000 Let For Mohan, let sum of money paid by all except Mohan be xSo, Mohan paid x/3 so, x+x/3= 60000which gives x= 45000Mohan paid 45000/3= 15000 For Lata, let sum of money paid by all except Lata be xLata paid x/4So, x+x/4= 60000which gives x= 48000so, Lata paid 48000/4= 12000 So, amount paid by Jagan = 60000-(20000+15000+12000)= 13000

Maya, Mohan, Latha and Jagan bought a motorbike for 60000. Mayapaid one half of the sum of the amounts paid by the other three. Mohanpaid one third of the sum of the amounts paid by the other three, andLatha paid one fourth of the sum of the amounts paid by the other three.How much did Jagan has to pay ?(A) 15000 (B) 13000 (C) 17000 (D) 16000

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For Maya, let sum of money paid by all except Maya be xSo, Maya paid half of x = x/2 so, x+x/2= 60000which gives x= 40000so, Maya paid 40000/2 =20000

Let For Mohan, let sum of money paid by all except Mohan be xSo, Mohan paid x/3 so, x+x/3= 60000which gives x= 45000Mohan paid 45000/3= 15000

For Lata, let sum of money paid by all except Lata be xLata paid x/4So, x+x/4= 60000which gives x= 48000so, Lata paid 48000/4= 12000

So, amount paid by Jagan = 60000-(20000+15000+12000)= 13000