Answer:
$12/$28
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x and y represent the two amounts of money adding up to $40.
Assume that x is the smaller amount. Then:
x 3
----- = ----- Remembering that x + y = $40, we get x = $40 - y
y 7
amd sp we have
$40 - y 3
-------------- = ------ which, after cross-multiplication, is $280 - $7y = 3y
y 7
Simplifying this, we get $280 = 10 y, so that y must be $28. If y = $28, x must be $40 - $28, or $12.
$12
Then $40, split in the ratio 3/7, is the ratio ----------------
$28
Check: Note that $12 + $28 = $40, as required, and that $12/$28 = 3/7.
