John is 18 years old and Peter is 24 years old. If they are to share 14 pencils in the ratio of their ages, how many pencils will each receive?
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[math]John: Peter\\18 : 24[/math]Ratio of their their ages is
[math]J:P\\3:4[/math]Total ratio is [math]3+4=7[/math]John receives [math]\frac{14}{7}×3=6~\text{pencils}[/math]Peter receives [math]\frac{14}{7}×4=8~\text{pencils}[/math]My question is; is it right to referred [math]3+4=7[/math] as total ratio? Or is there a better name for it? Please I want to know. And if there is a better name for it, what could it be?
This is how I choose to solve it?
[math]John: Peter\\18 : 24[/math]Ratio of their their ages is
[math]J:P\\3:4[/math]Total ratio is [math]3+4=7[/math]John receives [math]\frac{14}{7}×3=6~\text{pencils}[/math]Peter receives [math]\frac{14}{7}×4=8~\text{pencils}[/math]My question is; is it right to referred [math]3+4=7[/math] as total ratio? Or is there a better name for it? Please I want to know. And if there is a better name for it, what could it be?
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