SOLUTION: For dinner on Saturday, Mr. Brown went to Wegmans and purchased buns, ice cream, milk, and hamburger whose costs were in the ration 2:3:4:7. He paid a total of $14.40. (a) Fin

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Question 935412: For dinner on Saturday, Mr. Brown went to Wegmans and purchased buns, ice cream, milk, and hamburger whose costs were in the ration 2:3:4:7. He paid a total of $14.40.

(a) Find the cost of the ice cream

(b) find the cost of the hamburger.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You list three items but give a ratio among four numbers.
Yes, I do not know how I missed all four:
(1)Buns
(2)ice cream
(3)milk
(4)hamburger

MathTherapy already answered and gave a good solution.
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

For dinner on Saturday, Mr. Brown went to Wegmans and purchased buns, ice cream, milk, and hamburger whose costs were in the ration 2:3:4:7. He paid a total of $14.40.

(a) Find the cost of the ice cream

(b) find the cost of the hamburger.


2:3:4:7 = 2 + 3 + 4 + 7 = 16 parts

Ice cream cost: , or $

Hamburger cost: , or $ 

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