Sarah and Henry share some sweets in the ratio 5:6 .
Sarah eats 24 of her sweets and the ratio of sweets left becomes 1:2 .
How many sweets did Henry have?
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Answer:
Sahara India in 5 : 6 ratio
Step-by-step explanation:
let the number be x
X - 24 is equal to 5
x = 29
let no be y
y- 29 =6-24
total sweet Left for Henry is 47
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Let Sarah have "M" number of sweets and Henry have "N" number of sweets.
• Sarah and Henry share some sweets in the ratio 5:6.
According to question,
______ (eq 1)
_____ (eq 2)
• Sarah eats 24 of her sweets and the ratio of sweets left becomes 1:2.
According to question,
Cross multiply them
Put value of M in (eq 2)
Cross multiply them
Henry have 54 sweets.
☆ Verification :
From above calculations we have M = 45 and N = 54
Put value of M and N in (eq 1)
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