document.write( "Question 63313: The question: A collection of marbles has been divided into three different sets. The middle-sized set is two times the size of the smallest set, and the largest set is three times as large as the middle-sized set. What percent describes each part of the total marble collection?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #44067 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the three parts be A,B,C and let A\n" ); document.write( "Then A=3B and B=2C, so A=6C \n" ); document.write( "EQUATION: A+B+C=100% \n" ); document.write( "A+(1/3)A+(1/6)A=100% \n" ); document.write( "6A+2A+A=100% \n" ); document.write( "A:B:C = 6x:2x:x \n" ); document.write( "9x=100% \n" ); document.write( "x=11.1111..% \n" ); document.write( "A=6x=66.6666...% \n" ); document.write( "B=2x=22.2222...% \n" ); document.write( "C=x=11.11111...% \n" ); document.write( "---------- \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "C= \n" ); document.write( " |