Question

20 oz.

4. The sum of 2 numbers is 40. The ratio of the bigger to the smaller number is 3:2. What is the smaller
number?

Answer 1

16

Explanation:

40 = 3:2 x

Then, you know that 3+2 = 5

so, x = 40/5

x=8

Now, you multiply x by 2 to get 16

16