Molly and her partner Howard have won a sports tournament.
Molly and Howard share the prize money of £2700 in the ratio 4 : 5 respectively.
Molly decides to donate 24% of her share of the prize to charity.
Howard decides to give the same amount of money as Molly to charity.
What fraction of Howard’s share of the prize money does he give to charity? Express your answer in its simplest form.
Answer:
Since there are 9 total parts Molly gets 4/9 of the total and Howard gets 5/9
Molly gets £1200
Howard gets £1500
24% of Molly’s total is £288
288 as a fraction of 1500 is 288/1500 or 24/125