<PRE><B>Question 935412</B>

For dinner on Saturday, Mr. Brown went to Wegmans and purchased buns, ice cream, milk, and hamburger whose costs were in the ration 2:3:4:7. He paid a total of $14.40.


(a) Find the cost of the ice cream 


(b) find the cost of the hamburger.
&lt;pre&gt;
2:3:4:7 = 2 + 3 + 4 + 7 = 16 parts
Ice cream cost: {{{(3/16) * 14.4}}}, or ${{{highlight_green(2.70)}}}
Hamburger cost: {{{(7/16) * 14.4}}}, or ${{{highlight_green(6.30)}}}</PRE>