Posted by bob on Monday, October 18, 2010 at 5:46am.
let one part be x, then the other part would be 39-x
now translate "the sum of 2/3 of one part and 3/4 of the other part is $28 " into Math.
(2/3)x + (3/4)(39-x) = 28 and solve
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