SOLUTION: Qu1) A sum of money is shared among three brothers, andy, brent, and carl in a ratio of 5:3:2. 1)what percent did carl receive? 2)if andy receives $400 more than brent, calcula

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Question 1007109: Qu1)
A sum of money is shared among three brothers, andy, brent, and carl in a ratio of 5:3:2.
1)what percent did carl receive?
2)if andy receives $400 more than brent, calculate the total amount of money shared.
Qu2)
Alex, Brent and Carl divides a certain amount of money in the ratio 5:7:3. If brent gets $36 more than Alex, what sum of money was shared?
How much should each get?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39613) About Me  (Show Source):
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The ratio is 10 parts.
a:b:c for their names.
system%28a=b%2B400%2Ca%2Fb=5%2F3%29--------question number 2, translated into a system according to description and that part of the ratio (not including the ten part of the ratio).
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STEPS
a%2A3=b%2A5
%28b%2B400%29%2A3=5b
3b%2B1200=5b
2b=1200
b=600 from this find that a=1000.
Finish the last part...