Question

two numbers are in ratio 9:5 find the numbers if their sum is 56​

Answer 1

Answer:

when ever there is ratio, a missing number is there, which has to be found out. Here, let that number be n, then the numbers are

9n and 5n. It is given

9n+5n=56

14n=56

n=56/14=4

Then the numbers are

9n=9×4= 36 and

5n=5×4=20 ,the numbers are 36 and 20