SOLUTION: A husband and a wife shared a bowl of beans in the ratio of 4:6. If the husband who got the better share ate 84 beans, how many did the wife get?

Question 1100365: A husband and a wife shared a bowl of beans in the ratio of 4:6. If the husband who got the better share ate 84 beans, how many did the wife get?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
b, number of beans in the bowl
4:6 is the same as 2:3.

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-------wife ate 56 beans.
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