SOLUTION: Could you please help me with this problem? I am very confused about ratios. Three numbers are in ration of 2:5:3. The sum of the numbers is 120. Find the three numbers.

Question 479303: Could you please help me with this problem? I am very confused about ratios.
Three numbers are in ration of 2:5:3. The sum of the numbers is 120. Find the three numbers.

Answer by Tatiana_Stebko(1539) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x is a ratio coefficient, then the first number is 2x, the second is 5x the third is 3x

The first number is , the second number is , the third
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