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There are 32 munchkins in the box. You want to distribute the munchkins to Amir and Isaac so that the ratio of Amir's munchkins to Isaacs is 5:8. How many munchkins will ea…

There are 32 munchkins in the box. You want to distribute the munchkins to Amir and Isaac so that the ratio of Amir's munchkins to Isaacs is 5:8. How many munchkins will ea…
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There are 32 munchkins in the box. You want to distribute the munchkins to Amir and Isaac so that the ratio of Amir's munchkins to Isaacs is 5:8.

How many munchkins will each person get? Show/explain your work

User Uchenna Nwanyanwu
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Amir gets 12 and Isaac gets 20
User Rstrelba
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A gets 5 parts and I gets 8 parts
So 5+8=13. A will get 5/13 parts of the total
5/13*32(total)=12.3 since he can’t get .3 we round and Amir gets 12 leaving 20 for Isaac.
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