Two boys shared the cash prize in the ratio of 5:3. If the cash prize they won was 4,000, how much did each of them receive?
5 + 3 ==8 - total ratios
4,000 / 8 ==500 - constant ratio
500 x 5 ==2,500 - the larger share
500 x 3 ==1,500 - the smaller share.
+37153 Boy one rec'd 5 out of (5+3) or 5 /8 ths of 4000 5/8 * 4000 = _________
the other boy received 3/8 x 4000 = _________
