Three villagers met under a tree on an afternoon one of them had 250g of sattu whereas another one had 350g of the same. The third offered to payfor his share of sattu. They distrubuted the total amount equally amongst them and the third villager paid Rs2 for his share how should the first two divide the amount between them?

There are three villagers. 

first villager had sattu = 250g

Second villager had sattu = 350 g

total sattu = (250+350)g =600 g

∴ when it was distributed equally between them ,then the 

Now, the third villager paid Rs2 for his share , then 

the first villager get the amount = Rs. 2 × 0.416 =Rs.0.832 and 

the second villager get the amount = Rs. 2 ×  =Rs.1.166

Therefore, The third villager have to just pay each villager Re. 1.

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