document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1193944>Question 1193944</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ken packed some tarts into 16 big and 18 small boxes. There is an equal number of tarts in each big box and an equal number of tarts in each small box. Each big box contained 10 more tarts than each small box. 16/25 of the tarts are packed in the big boxes. How many tarts did Ken packed in all?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the number of tarts in a small box<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then x+10 is the number of tarts in a large box<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "He packed 16 big boxes and 18 small boxes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the number of tarts in the big boxes is 16(x+10)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the number of tarts in the small boxes is 18(x)<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "16/25 of the tarts were packed in the big boxes, so 9/25 of them were packed in the small boxes.  The ratio of the numbers of tarts in the large and small boxes is 16:9.<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The number of tarts packed in the large boxes was 16*20 = 320<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of tarts packed in the small boxes was 18*10 = 180<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: The total number of tarts was 320+180 = 500<br><BR>\n" );
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