Question

there are 96 carrots in a bag. the carrots are shared among three children in the ratio 4:5:7. find the smallest share

Answer 1

lets make it
4x+5x+7x=96
so we can tell the smallest share is 4x
then we 16x=96
96 divided by 16, we get x=6
so the smallest share is 4x6=24
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