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document.write( "Please help with the homework.\r\n" );
document.write( "1. Dorcas is 12 years old and her brother is 3 years older. Their Father gives them pocket money in the ratio of their ages. If he had R450.00 to give them, what will each one get?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Just saw that her brother is 3 years older, not 3 years old.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Dorcas' age: 12\r\n" );
document.write( "Brother's age: 12 + 3 = 15 \r\n" );
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document.write( "Ratio of Dorcas' age to her brother's age: 12:15 = \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+12%2F3%2C+%22%3A%22%2C+15%2F3%29\" = 4:5\r\n" );
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document.write( "With MULTIPLICATIVE factor being x, Dorcas and her brother will get 12x and 15x, respectively\r\n" );
document.write( "                  Total amount: 12x + 15x = 27x\r\n" );
document.write( "                         We then get: 27x = 450\r\n" );
document.write( "             Multiplicative factor, or \"matrix%281%2C5%2C+x%2C+%22=%22%2C+450%2F27%2C+%22=%22%2C+50%2F3%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "      Amount Dorcas receives:   \r\n" );
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document.write( "Amount her brother receives:
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