SOLUTION: Ratio. please help me. i tried and got it wrong and i want to understand how to work it out. the ratio of the cost of a shirt to the cost of a jacket is 2:5. if the jacket cost

Question 779147: Ratio. please help me. i tried and got it wrong and i want to understand how to work it out.
the ratio of the cost of a shirt to the cost of a jacket is 2:5. if the jacket cost $240 more than the shirt, find the cost of the shirt and the cost of the jacket.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
( cost of shirt ) / ( cost of jacket ) =
Let = the cost of the shirt
= the cost of the jacket
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Now I can say:

Multiply both sides by

The shirt costs $160
The jacket costs $400

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