Problema Solution
Jon A. Gold picked 4 more bushels of apples than Mac N. Tosh. If Jon picked 5 bushels for every 3 bushels Mac picked, how many total bushels did they pick?
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the ratio of number of bushels picked is 5/3
let 'x' represent the number picked by Mac, then 'x+4' represents the number picked by Jon
5/3 = (x+4)/x
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x=6
Jon picked:
6+4=10
together, Jon and Mac picked:
10+6=16
Mac picked 6 bushels, Jon picked 10 bushels, hence they both picked 16 bushels