Question

Two numbers are in the ratio of 2 to 3. If the smaller number is 18, the larger number is

Answer 1

27 is the larger number

Answer 2

Let the two numbers be 2x and 3x.
Because:
$2x = 18 \\ x = 18 \div 2 \\ x = 9$
So 3x
$= 3 \times 9 = 27$
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