Homework Help: math

Posted by wan on Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 8:04am.

there are 4 packets of muesli sold for every 3 packets of bran.The owner sold 84 packets of muesli and bran today.how many packets of muesli did the store sell today

math - Reiny, Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 8:27am
number of muesli --- 4x
number of bran ----- 3x

4x+3x=84
x = 12

muesli: 4x = 48
bran: 3x = 36

check:
48: 36 = 4:3

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