document.write( "Question 988602: 87 is divided into three parts in the ratio of 1:2/3:3/4. Find the value of the smallest part. Thanks for your help. \n" ); document.write( "

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If the greatest of the 3 parts is $\"x\"$ , the parts are
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x\"$ , $\"%282%2F3%29x\"$ , and $\"%283%2F4%29x\"$ , and
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2B%282%2F3%29x%2B%283%2F4%29x=87\"$ <--> $\"%281%2B2%2F3%2B3%2F4%29x=87\"$ is our equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%281%2B2%2F3%2B3%2F4%29x=87\"$ <--> $\"%2812%2F12%2B8%2F12%2B9%2F12%29x=87\"$ <--> $\"%2829%2F12%29x=87\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Multiplying both sides of the equal sign times $\"12%2F29\"$ ,
\n" ); document.write( "or dividing both sides by $\"29%2F12\"$ (same thing), we get
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%2812%2F29%29%2A%2829%2F12%29x=%2812%2F29%29%2A87\"$ --> $\"x=%2812%2F29%29%2A%283%2A29%29\"$ --> $\"x=12%2A3%2A29%2F29\"$ --> $\"x=12%2A3\"$ --> $\"x=36\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "The other two parts 87 was divided into are
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%283%2F4%29x=%283%2F4%2936=27\"$ , and
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%282%2F3%29x=%282%2F3%2936=highlight%2824%29\"$ . \n" ); document.write( "

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