SOLUTION: need help solving this story problem. My solution is not matching the problem. Jim and bob are panning for gold in Leadvill, Colorado. The ratio of gold found by Jim to gold fo

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Jim and bob are panning for gold in Leadvill, Colorado. The ratio of gold found by Jim to gold found by Bob is 4:7. If they two men together find a total of 55 pieces of gold, find how man pieces of gold each man found.
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Jim and bob are panning for gold in Leadvill, Colorado. The ratio of gold found by Jim to gold found by Bob is 4:7. If they two men together find a total of 55 pieces of gold, find how man pieces of gold each man found.
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4 + 7 = 11
55/11 = 5
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4*5 = 20
7*5 = 35

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