document.write( "Question 581291: jim and bob are panning for gold in leadville,colorado.the ratio of gold found by jim to gold found by bob is 4:7.if the two men together find a total of 55 pieces of gold,find how many pieces of gold each man found.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #371551 by ptaylor(2198) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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OK. Now we know that for every 7+4=11 pieces of gold found, Jim finds 4 and Bob finds 7. In other words, Jim finds 4/11 of the gold and Bob finds 7/11 of the gold.
\n" ); document.write( "(4/11)*55 =20----amount found by Jim
\n" ); document.write( "(7/11)*55=35---amount found by Bob\r
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\n" ); document.write( "20/35=4/7\r
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