document.write( "Question 1138776: Luis and Cameron shared some stickers is the ratio 5:2.
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document.write( "The condition means that Luis has 5x stickers, while Cameron has 2x stickers, where x is some number, which is \r\n" );
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document.write( "From the condition,  \r\n" );
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document.write( "    5x - 2x = 15,\r\n" );
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document.write( "which implies\r\n" );
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document.write( "    3x = 15  and  x = 15/3 = 5.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus Luis has 5*5 = 25 stickers, while Cameron has 2*5 = 10 stickers.\r\n" );
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