Kamau, Weko and Suna are three casual workers in an organisation. Kamau earns twice as much as Weko and Suna earns sh 40 more than Kamau. If the total earnings are sh 1 090, Calculate the difference between Weko's and Suna's earnings.

      

Kamau, Weko and Suna are three casual workers in an organisation. Kamau earns twice as much as Weko and Suna earns sh 40 more than Kamau. If the total earnings are sh 1 090, Calculate the difference between Weko's and Suna's earnings.

  

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John
Let Weko's earning be x. Kamau's

is 2x and Suna's is 2x + 40

Total earnings = 5x + 40 = 1 090

5x = sh 1 050;

x = sh 210

Kamau earns sh 420

Suna earns (420 + 40) = 460

Difference is

sh (460 - 210) = sh 250
johnmulu answered the question on June 8, 2017 at 05:57


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