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A group of people planned to contribute equally towards a water project which needed Ksh.2,000,000 to complete. However, 40 members of the group withdrew from the project. As a result, each of the remaining member was to contribute Ksh.2,500 more.
(a) Find the original number of members in the group.
(b)Forty five percent of the value of the project was
funded by the Constituency Development Fund ( CDF). Calculate the amount of contribution that would be made by each of the remaining members of the group.
(c ) Members’ contributions were in terms of labour provided and money contributed. If the ratio of the value of labour to the money
contributed was 6:19, calculate the total amount of money contributed by the members.