document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=626712>Question 626712</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> need help solving this story problem. My solution is not matching the problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Jim and bob are panning for gold in Leadvill, Colorado.  The ratio of gold found by Jim to gold found by Bob is 4:7.  If they two men together find a total of 55 pieces of gold, find how man pieces of gold each man found. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "4 + 7 = 11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "55/11 = 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4*5 = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7*5 = 35<BR>\n" );
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