Question

4. One number is 16 more than another. The ratio of the smaller number to

the larger number is 3: 7. What is the value of the smaller number?

Answer 1

12

Explanation:

So if the difference between the two number is 16 and the distance between the two numbers in the ratio is 4, that means the real numbers are 4 times greater than the ratio (because 4 * 4 = 16).

This means that you can multiply both sides of the ratio by 4 to get the two numbers 3: 7 --> 3*4: 7 * 4 --> 12: 28.

This means that the smaller number is 12.

hope that makes sense!