document.write( "Question 773488: when 30% of a no. is added to another no. the second no. is increase to its 140 %.what is the ratio b/w first and second no. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let the numbers be x and y. We need to find the ratio of the first number to the\r\n" );
document.write( "second i.e. x/y\r\n" );
document.write( "30% of first number = 30%*x = 0.3*x\r\n" );
document.write( "When added to second number y, it becomes \r\n" );
document.write( "When added, y becomes 140% i.e. 1.4*y\r\n" );
document.write( "So we have the equation \r\n" );
document.write( "Moving y to left side\r\n" );
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document.write( "Ratio of the first number to the second is \r\n" );
document.write( "Hope you got it :)\r\n" );
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