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document.write( "Mrs Johnson and her 2 sons Bernard and raymond shared a sum of  money. The ratio received by Mrs Johnson to that received by Bernard was 5 to 2 . The ratio of money received by Bernard to that received by Raymond was 3 to 4 . After Mrs Johnson gave 20% of her share to Raymond and Bernard donated 1/3 of his share to charity. Raymond then had $4270 more than Bernard. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What was the sum of money shared by the three of them. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #846825 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=846825\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If you would start three variables as j, Mrs. Johnson; b, Bernard, and r, Raymond, then the ratio information would give these initial money amounts in just a single variable:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mrs. Johnson  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5b%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5b%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bernard  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Raymond <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4b%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4b%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20% from Mrs. Johnson to Raymond and one-third of Barnard's to charity\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mrs. Johnson  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.8%285b%2F2%29=%284%2F5%29%285b%2F2%29=2b ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.8%285b%2F2%29=%284%2F5%29%285b%2F2%29=2b\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Bernard   <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282%2F3%29b=2b%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282%2F3%29b=2b%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Raymond  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4b%2F3%2B0.2%2A%285b%2F2%29=4b%2F3%2B%281%2F5%29%285b%2F2%29=4b%2F3%2Bb%2F2=8b%2F6%2B3b%2F6=11b%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Raymond has 4270 more dollars than bernard.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=11b%2F6-2b%2F3=4270=4270 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"11b%2F6-2b%2F3=4270=4270\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >----not too hard to solve. </SPAN>\n" );
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