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David, Ben, and Jordan shared stickers in a ratio of 8 : 9 : 10. If Ben had 36 stickers, how many stickers did Jordan have?

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Jordan had 40 stickers.

Explanation:

For this ratio, we have David:Ben:Jordan as 8:9:10, and so we need to make it as a more complex fraction, 8/9/10, now we need a multiplier to get us from 9 stickers of Jordan to 36, like a giant one. The common multiplier in this case is 4, and we know that the values must always stay proportional. We multiply everything by 4,and we get a final ratio of 32:36:40, and since Jordan is the last in the ratio David:Ben:Jordan, Jordan ends up with 40 stickers.

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