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Calculate the profit available for sharing among partners for the first year.
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6 stepsCalculate the profit available for sharing among partners for the first year.
The total profit for the first year is Ksh 4,800,000.
First, 25% of the profit is put back into the business:The remaining profit is:
Next, 20% of the remaining profit is set aside for taxes and insurance:
The profit available for sharing among partners is:
Calculate Tanui's investment () for part (a)(i).
The partners' contributions are Eliza: Ksh 90,000, Nekesa: Ksh 130,000, and Tanui: Ksh .
The total contribution is .
Tanui's share of the profit is Ksh 960,000. The profit is shared in the ratio of their contributions.Simplify the fraction on the left:
Cross-multiply to solve for :
a) (i) Tanui invested .
Find the ratio of contributions for part (a)(ii).
The contributions are Eliza: Ksh 90,000, Nekesa: Ksh 130,000, and Tanui: Ksh 110,000.
The ratio is:Divide each number by 10,000 to simplify the ratio:
a) (ii) The ratio of contributions by the three partners is .
Calculate the new contributions and new gross profit for the second year for part (b).
Nekesa invested an additional Ksh 30,000.
New contributions:- Eliza: Ksh 90,000
- Nekesa:
- Tanui: Ksh 110,000 New total contribution:
The gross profit increased in the ratio 6:5.
Calculate the profit available for sharing for the second year.
First, 25% of the new gross profit is put back into the business:
The remaining profit is:
Next, 20% of the remaining profit is set aside for taxes and insurance:
The profit available for sharing among partners is:
Calculate Nekesa's share of the profit at the end of the second year.
Nekesa's contribution is Ksh 160,000. The total contribution is Ksh 360,000.
Simplify the fraction :
b) Nekesa's share of the profit at the end of the second year is .
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