Book Maths Puzzle

After gathering 770 chestnuts, three girls divided them up so that amounts were in the same proportion as their ages. As often as mary took four chestnuts, nelli took three, and for every six that mary received, Susie took seven. How many chestnuts did each girl get ??

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Ratio of sharing:
Mary :Nelli=4:3
Marry:Sussie=6:7
Now, combined ratio of Marry:Nelli: Sussie=12:9:14
Marry gets:264chestnut{(12/35)*770}
Similarly,nellie gets=198 and sussie gets=308
12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(1)

Let mary take m , nellie take n and susie take s chestnuts ...

then , m : n =4:3 = 12:9

and , s : m = 7:6 = 14:12

therefor, s : m : n = 14 : 12 :9

so susie got (14/35) *770 =308

mary got =264

and nellie =198
12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(0)

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