SOLUTION: A special garden design requires that the garden have three distinct square section whose areas follow the ratio 2:3:5. If such a garden is designed to have a total area of 1550

Question 1189466: A special garden design requires that the garden have three distinct square
section whose areas follow the ratio 2:3:5. If such a garden is designed to
have a total area of 1550 square feet, then what would be the area of the
smallest section in square feet?

Answer by ikleyn(52909) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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    2x + 3x + 5x = 1550  square feet.

        10x      = 1550

          x      = 155


ANSWER.  The smallest section should be 2*155 = 310 square feet.

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