Four milkmen rented a pasture. A grazed 24 cows for 3 months; B 10 cows for 5 months; C 35 cows for 4 months and D 21 cows for 3 months. If A's share of rent is ₹ 720, find the total rent of the field.
Answer
Answer (as printed):
Explanation
Ratio of shares of A, B, C, D $= (24\times3) : (10\times5) : (35\times4) : (21\times3) = 72:50:140:63$. Let total rent be ₹$x$. Then, A's share $=₹\frac{72x}{325}$. $\therefore \frac{72x}{325}=720 \Leftrightarrow x=\frac{720\times325}{72}=3250$. Hence, total rent of the field is ₹3250.
Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.