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Sharwend, Barney, and Ronnie share sweets according to the ratio 5:3:7. Ronnie gets 20 more sweets than Barney. Work out how many sweets Barney received.

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Answer:15 sweets

sharwand:BARNEY:ronnie=5:3:7

ronnei gets 20 +barney

I.e.if we TAKE common multiple be x

5X,3x,7X.

ronnie =7X,barney=3x

7x=20+3x

7x-3x=20

4x=20

4x=20x=5

I.e.baeney received 3x=3×5 =15



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