Question

Dan,Gordon and malachy share some sweets in the ratio 2:2:5. Dan gets 24 sweets.How many did malachy get?

Answer 1

60 sweets

Explanation:

The total ratio = 2 + 2 +5 = 9

Let x = total sweets shared

Dan got 2/9 of x. This is equal to 24

the equation for this is -
`(2)/(9)` × x = 24

to solve for x, divide both sides by
`(9)/(2)`

x = 108 = total sweet shared

sweets malachy got =
`\frac{5}9}` x 108 = 60 sweets