Mwamburi's share of a piece of land is 2/5, Lelmusia's share is 1/2 of the reminder. If the area of the land is 120ha, how much land does Lelmusia's have?

Question

Mwamburi's share of a piece of land is 2/5, Lelmusia's share is 1/2 of the reminder. If the area of the land is 120ha, how much land does Lelmusia's have?

Answer 1

first you have to figure out how much land is left:

you started out with 120ha and Mwamburi takes 2/5. What is 2/5 of 120?

(2/5)*120 = 120*2/5 = 240/5 = 48

so Mwamburi has 48ha of land from the 120ha. so what is left?

120-48= 72

72ha is left. Lelmusia gets 1/2 of 72ha.

72/2 = 36

Lelmusia gets 36ha.