An advisor opened four times as many accounts on Friday as o

An advisor opened four times as many accounts on Friday as on each of the other weekdays. What part of the new account total did the advisor open on Friday?

Solution

SOLUTION: suppose the no of accounts opened on other weekdays =x,then no of accounts opened on friday=4x

total no of accounts=4x+4(x)=8x

the So the advisor opened 4x/8x=1/2 of the new account total on friday.