HornetMathRIII
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I am spacing on how to go about solving this other than just guess and check. Any help is appreciated.
The ratio of whats to hows was 7 to 3, and thrice the number of hows exceeded twice the number of whats by -40. How many were whats?
Solution is whats = 56 and hows = 24 but how do you get the factor of 8 that each is multiplied by?
The ratio of whats to hows was 7 to 3, and thrice the number of hows exceeded twice the number of whats by -40. How many were whats?
Solution is whats = 56 and hows = 24 but how do you get the factor of 8 that each is multiplied by?