Q.10. Singh, Gupta and Khan are partners in a firm sharing profits in 3:2:3 ratio. They admitted Jain as a new partner.
Q.10. Singh, Gupta and Khan are partners in a firm sharing profits in 3:2:3 ratio. They admitted Jain as a new partner. Singh surrendered 1/3 of his share in favour of Jain: Gupta surrendered 1/4 of his share in favour of Jain and Khan surrendered 1/5 in favour of Jain. Calculate new profit sharing ratio?
SOLUTION
Singh, Gupta and Khan are partners in a firm sharing profits in 3:2:3 ratio.
new partner jain’s share= Singh’s surrended share+ Gupta’s
surrended share+ Khan’s surrended share
Share surrended by Singh = 1/3 of singh’s old share
= 1/3 X 3/8
= 3/24
Share surrended by Gupta= 1/4 of Gupta’s old share
= 1/4 X 2/8
= 2/32
Share surrended by Khan =1/5 of Khan’s old share
=1/5 X 3/8
=3/40
new partner jain’s share= Singh’s surrended share+ Gupta’s
surrended share+ Khan’s surrended share
new partner jain’s share= 3/24 + 2/32 + 3/40
=126
480
Old Partners ner profit sharing ratio = Old share – surrended share
Singh = 3/8 – 3/24
=6/24
Gupta = 2/8 – 2/32
= 6/32
Khan =3/8 – 3/40
=12/40
Therefor new profit sharing ratio amoung the partners will be
= 6/8:24 : 6/32 : 12/40 : 126/480
= 120:90:144:126
= 20 : 15 : 24 : 21
Comments
Post a Comment