SOLUTION: if a box of chocolate is to be shared in the ratio 3:4:5 and the smallest share is 25what is the amt of the other 2 shares and how much was in the box?

SOLUTION: if a box of chocolate is to be shared in the ratio 3:4:5 and the smallest share is 25what is the amt of the other 2 shares and how much was in the box?

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Question 1063816: if a box of chocolate is to be shared in the ratio 3:4:5 and the smallest share is
25what is the amt of the other 2 shares and how much was in the box?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The ratio is made of 3+4+5=12 parts.
The smallest share is of the box.

If there are some b chocolates in the box, and , then , one hundred chocolates in the box.

The other shared chocolate quantities are
and
but they are not whole numbers!
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