Question

Sam and meena share sweets in the ratio 4:5 meena gets 40 sweets wok out how many sweets sam gets

Answer 1

Same gets 32 sweets.

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.

Answer 2

If men’s gets 40 sweets Sam would get 32