SOLUTION: Required two variables, whose sum is s, and whose ratio is a to b.

SOLUTION: Required two variables, whose sum is s, and whose ratio is a to b.

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Question 1206301: Required two variables, whose sum is s, and whose ratio is a to b.
Answer by greenestamps(13203) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

It's not clear to me what you are after here....

Given that the two variables are in the ratio a:b, let the two numbers be ax and bx.

The sum of the two numbers is s, so

Then the two numbers are

and

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