Question

The area of a certain desert (Desert 1) is eight times the area of another desert (Desert 2). If the sum of their areas is

27,000,000 square miles, find the area of each desert.
What is the area of Desert 1?

Answer 1

1687500

Explanation:

If their sum is 27,000,000 then their are millions of ways to find this answer. like one can be 13500000. But that answer is obviously incorrect. If you divide that by 8, your answer will be 1687500.