The highest possible value of the ratio of a four-digit number and the sum of its four digits is

In a company, initially the ratio of the foreign and domestic workers was 5 : 8. When some foreign and 12 domestic workers left the company, this ratio became 2 : 3. Later, when 10 more foreign workers were replaced by 10 new domestic workers, this ratio became 3 : 7. The initial number of domestic workers in the company was ___

The cost of a piece of jewellery is proportional to the square of its weight. A piece of jewellery weighing 10 grams is INR 3600. The cost of a piece of jewellery of the same kind weighing 4 grams is

Ashok started a business with a certain investment. After a few months, Bharat joined him investing half the amount of Ashok's initial investment. At the end of the first year, the total profit was divided between them in the ratio $3:1$. Bharat joined Ashok after

Three friends divided some apples in the ratio $3 : 5 : 7$. After consuming 16 apples they found that the remaining number of apples with them was equal to the largest number of apples received by one of them at the beginning. The total number of apples these friends initially had was

$\dfrac{(a + b)}{(b + c)} = \dfrac{(c + d)}{(d + a)}$ which of the following statements is always true?

Let $a, b, c, d$ be positive integers such that $a + b + c + d = 2023$. If $a: b = 2:5$ and $c:d=5:2$, then the maximum possible value of $a + c$ is