document.write( "Question 1082551: Andy, Taylor and Ben share their team payment in the ratio 1 : 3 : 4.\r
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document.write( "Any time we have a:b:c, we can interpret that as:\r\n" );
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document.write( "The fraction of the total which a is, is \"a%2F%28a%2Bb%2Bc%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "The fraction of the total which b is, is \"b%2F%28a%2Bb%2Bc%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "The fraction of the total which c is, is \"c%2F%28a%2Bb%2Bc%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "We have A:T:B = 1:3:4\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the fraction of the total which Andy gets is \"1%2F%281%2B3%2B4%29\" or \"1%2F8\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "So \"1%2F8\" is the FRACTION of the total which Andy gets.\r\n" );
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document.write( "All we have to do is change the fraction \"1%2F8\" to a percent.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide 1 by 8, get 0.125, move the decimal two places right\r\n" );
document.write( "and put on a %\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer 12.5%\r\n" );
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