SOLUTION: Required two variables, whose sum is s, and whose ratio is a to b.

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Question 1206301: Required two variables, whose sum is s, and whose ratio is a to b.
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It's not clear to me what you are after here....

Given that the two variables are in the ratio a:b, let the two numbers be ax and bx.

The sum of the two numbers is s, so

ax%2Bbx+=+s
%28a%2Bb%29x+=+s
x+=+s%2F%28a%2Bb%29

Then the two numbers are

ax+=+as%2F%28a%2Bb%29+=+%28a%2F%28a%2Bb%29%29s

and

bx+=+bs%2F%28a%2Bb%29+=+%28b%2F%28a%2Bb%29%29s