SOLUTION: Biff, Bertha, and Bartholomew shared 169 apples in the unusual ratio of one-half, one-third, and one-fourth. How many apples did each receive?

SOLUTION: Biff, Bertha, and Bartholomew shared 169 apples in the unusual ratio of one-half, one-third, and one-fourth. How many apples did each receive?

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Question 744456: Biff, Bertha, and Bartholomew shared 169 apples in the unusual ratio of one-half, one-third, and one-fourth. How many apples did each receive?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The ratio does not work.

Better is you have the ratio of 6 to 4 to 3, so the 169 apples can be cut into 13 equal parts.

Biff gets
Bertha gets
Bartholomew gets

Those should sum to 169.
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