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  • 15-09-2019
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sam and meena share sweets in the ratio 4:5 meena gets 40 sweets wok out how many sweets sam gets

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tilly73 tilly73
  • 15-09-2019
If men’s gets 40 sweets Sam would get 32
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  • 15-09-2019

Answer:

Same gets 32 sweets.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have by proportion  4/5 = x/40    where x is the number of sweets that Sam gets.

5x = 4*40

5x = 160

x = 160/5 = 32 sweets.

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