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12 May, 12:40

The ratio of Ed's cars to Pete's cars was 5:2 at first. After Ed gave 30 cars to Pete, they had an equal amount of cars each. How many cars did they have altogether?

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  1. 12 May, 16:10
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    The number of "ratio units" differs by 3. If 1.5 is subtracted from the high number and the same value added to the low number, the ratio would be 3.5:3.5, or 1:1. We conclude that 1.5 "ratio units" corresponds to 30 cars, so each "ratio unit" represents 20 cars.

    The two have a total of 5+2 = 7 "ratio units" so have a total of 140 cars.
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