SOLUTION: Hi The ratio of apples alicia Ben and Don has 3 to 8 to 4 respectively. When Ben gave 21 apples to alicia and Don all of them had the same number in the end. How many apples did

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Question 1206035: Hi
The ratio of apples alicia Ben and Don has 3 to 8 to 4 respectively. When Ben gave 21 apples to alicia and Don all of them had the same number in the end. How many apples did Ben have at first.
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Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, josgarithmetic:
Answer by greenestamps(13198)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Given the ratio 3:8:4 initially, let the numbers of apples each of them had be 3x, 8x, and 4x. The total number of apples is then 3x+8x+4x = 15x.

In the end, each of them had the same number; so in the end the number each of them had was 15x/3 = 5x.

The number of apples Ben started with was 8x; the number he ended with was 5x; so the number he gave away was 3x.

The number he gave away was 21, so 3x = 21 and x = 7.

The number Ben started with was 8x = 8*7 = 56.

ANSWER: 56
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Alicia       3x           3x+(21-n)
Ben          8x           8x-21
Don          4x           4x+n


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Ben initially had apples.
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