Hariprasad and Madhusudan started a business, investing sums in the ratio of 2 : 3. If Hariprasad had invested an additional amount of 10,000 the ratio of Hariprasad's investment to Madhusudan's investment would have been 3 : 2. What was the amount invested by Hariprasad?
Choose one
A) 8000	B) 12000	C) 9000	D) Data inadequate	E) None of these
Let the initial investments of Hariprasad and Madhusudan be 2x and 3x,respectively.   From the question,   2x+10000/3x=32   or, 4x + 20000 = 9x   \ x = 4000   \ 8000mount invested by Hariprasad = 2x = 8000   8000nswer 8000
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Hariprasad and Madhusudan started a business, investing sums in the ratio of 2 : 3. If Hariprasad had invested an additional amount of 10,000 the ratio of Hariprasad's investment to Madhusudan's investment would have been 3 : 2. What was the amount invested by Hariprasad?