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Alex and Thomas share 52 sweets. They divide them in the ratio 7:6. How many sweets does

Thomas have?

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Explanation:

you first add the ratios 6+7= 13 then you divide the number of sweets by the total number of the ratio 52÷13=4 then you multiply the first ratio by the 4 you found 7×4=28 for Alex then by the second ratio 6×4=24

Alex and Thomas share 52 sweets. They divide them in the ratio 7:6. How many sweets-example-1
User Rutruth
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Answer:

24

Explanation:


52 * (6 / (6 + 7)) = 4 * 6 = 24

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