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Divide 20 pens between Sheela and Sangeeta in ratio of 3: 2.​

User Sabbin
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Answer:

Sheila will get 12pens nd Sangeetha will get 8pens

Explanation:

so since ration is3:2 we take thm as 3x nd 2 x

add em to get 5x

so 5x=20

x=20/5 (we transposed 5)

x=4

so 3x=3*4=12

2x=2*4=12!

Hope this helped!

User Vikash Singh
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Answer:

sheela has 12

sangeeta has 8

Explanation:

3 add 2 is 5

20 divide by 5 is 4

4 times 3 is 12

4 times 2 is 8

User Lacer
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