document.write( "Question 1184561: Dominic, Erica and Francis received a sum of money in the ratio 3:1:8. When Francis gave Erica half of his money and Dominic gave $8 to Erica, the ratio of the amount of money Dominic had to the amount of money Erica had to the amount of money Francis had became 1:3:2. How much money did the three of them receive altogether?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(1) $24
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Algebra.Com's Answer #815185 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Using x as a common factor to relate ratios for the three
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document.write( "Dominic  :  Erika   :   Francis\r\n" );
document.write( "  3x          x          8x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Dominic  :  Erika   :   Francis\r\n" );
document.write( "3x-8        x+4x+8       8x-4x\r\n" );
document.write( "3x-8     :  5x+8    :    4x\r\n" );
document.write( " 1      :     3     :     2\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Equation can be setup, $\"%285x%2B8%29%2F%284x%29=3%2F2\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solve and see $\"x=8\"$ .\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This says that ratio up to the actual money each started with:
\n" ); document.write( "Dominic:Erika:Francis is 24:8:64.\r
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