How much should each person receive?

Question

A commission of $1000 is to be divided between two people in 3:5 ratio.

Answer 1

If one person is to get 3 parts and another 5 parts, then you need to divide the total into 8 parts.

After dividing it into parts you give each person the right number of parts - 3 or 5.

 

What you have done by doing this is give one person 3/8 of the total and the other 5/8.

This is what you do when cooking, painting, mixing milk and cream to make ice cream and many other types of chemistry and building projects.