SOLUTION: Kara and San shared a cash prize in the ratio 3:7. If San received $77, how much money did Kara receive?

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Question 1009051: Kara and San shared a cash prize in the ratio 3:7. If San received $77, how much money did Kara receive?
Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We solve the proportion

Multiply both sides by 77 and get
x = $33 ==> what Kara received

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