SOLUTION: The sum of three numbers is 98. The ratio of the first to the second is 2 to 3, and the ratio of the second to the third is 5 to 8. What is the second number?
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Question 255062: The sum of three numbers is 98. The ratio of the first to the second is 2 to 3, and the ratio of the second to the third is 5 to 8. What is the second number? Answer by Greenfinch(383) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If smallest is x, they are is ratio x:3/2x:(3/2)(8/5)x
or 10:15:24 If you total these you get 49 which is half 98,
So the numbers are 20 : 30: 48
