Dan and David win some money and share it in the ratio 5:4. Dan gets £8 more than David. How much did David get? urgent next 2 mins?

Let £4k be the amount that David got.
Then, the amount that Dan got = £5k.

5k - 4k = 8
k = 8

Amount that David got
= £4 × 8
= £32

LET THE TOTAL AMOUNT BE  9X

DAN = 5X

DAVID = 4X

5X- 4X = 8

X= 8

SO DAVID = 4 x 8 = 32 pounds ANSWER

Dan and David win some money and share it in the ratio 5 : 4. 
Dan gets £8 more than David. 
How much did David get? 
David got £32.

What Dan gets is one more share, thus one share is equivalent to 8 lbs=> David gets 8*4=
32 lbs.

Dan received 40 and David received 32.

Dan and David win some money and share it in the ratio 5 : 4. 
Dan gets £8 more than David. 
How much did David get? 
David got £32. 

Dn:Dd = 5:4 
Ratio difference is 5 - 4 = 1 
Difference between dn & Dd  is8 
8 is equivalent to '1' ratio

Hence 5 ratios is 8 x 5 = 40  (Dan 
& 
4 ratios  is 8 x 4 = 32 (David

Dvid gets £32.00 

Ratio indicates 9 portions. Dan gets 1 more portion than David which is worth L8. So David got
4 portions, each worth L8. Then David got L32.