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Q. The ratio between 2 numbers is 15:8 & the greater number is 60. Find the smaller number.

Please provide detailed answer.

Answer 1

15x+8x=60
23x=60
x=60/23
smaller number = 8x
8*60/23 is the answer

Answer 2

Here is your answer

Let the smaller number is x

So ATQ
15 : 8 = 60 : x
$15 \times x = 60 \times 8 \\ x = \frac{60 \times 8}{15} \\ x = 4 \times 8 \\ x = 32$
Therefore Smaller number is 32

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