SOLUTION: Please help with the homework: 1. John is 12 years old and her sister Candice is 3 years old. Their father gives them pocket money in the ratio of their ages. If Zama gets R60, wh

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Question 1206370: Please help with the homework:
1. John is 12 years old and her sister Candice is 3 years old. Their father gives them pocket money in the ratio of their ages. If Zama gets R60, what will her sister get?

Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Where did Zama come from?
john's age to Candice's age = 12:3
John gets R 60
let Candice get x
Their father gives them pocket money in the ratio of their ages
12/3 =60/x
4=60/x
4x =60
x=15
Candice gets R15




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