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Tarun and Varun start a business by investing ₹12,000 and ₹72,000, respectively. Tarun invests his money for 4 months and Varun for 10 months. At the end of the year, 20% of the total profit is ₹16,800. What is Varun's share of the profit (in ₹)?
Asked in RRB ALP CBT-I · 2026
Partnership · Quantitative Aptitude
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If A invests twice B’s capital for the same period, A gets twice B’s profit share.
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