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If x/y = 3/4, y/z = 2/3, and w/z = 5/8, what is the value of (x + y + w)/w?  Express your answer as a common fraction.

 Aug 12, 2021
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Using the ratios, we can find that z = 24, y = 16, x = 12, and w = 15.

 

\(x + y + w \over w\) = \(12 + 16 + 15 \over 15\) = \(43 \over 15\)

 Aug 12, 2021

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