You and three friends own a paint shop. the shop's profit was $536 in the first month. you always divide the profits equally. in two months, each of you had made $224. how much profit did the shop make in the second month?

Step 1

Find the profit in two months

Multiply the total amount made by the whole group in two months () by the total number of persons ()

Step 2

Find the profit of the shop in the second month

we know that

so

substitute the values

therefore

the answer is

x=6 and x=3

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