Question 72

Anisha shared 60% of her chocolate bars in the ratio 5:7 between her two cousins and kept the remaining bars for herself. Had she distributed the entire collection in the ratio 1:1:1 among her cousins and herself, she would have received 160 grams less chocolate. What was the total weight of the chocolate bars?

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Let the total weight of her chocolate bar is 120X.

She distributed 60% of it among her cousins I.e. 60% of 120X = 72X

So, she received 120X - 72X = 48X

Now, if she distributed in equal ratio, then each one would have received 40X and Anisha would have received 150 grams less chocolate.

Or, 48X - 40X = 8X

8X = 160 grams

X = 20 grams

Hence, total weight = 120*20 = 2.4 Kg

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