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10 A group of young men decided to raise sh 480 000 to start a business.. Before the actual payment was made, four of the members pulled out and each of those remaining had to pay an additional sh 20 000. Determine the original number of members.​

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A group of young men decided to raise Ksh.480000 to start a business. Before actual payment was made four members pulled out and each of the remaining had to pay an additional Ksh.20000. Write an expression in terms of P for.

(a) (i) Original contribution of each member.

(ii) Contribution after withdrawal of four members.

(b) Form an equation in P and hence determine the number of initial members.

(c) Three men Kamau, James and Hassan shared Shs.480000 such that Kamau: James is 3: 2 and James: Hassan is 4: 2. Find how much each got.