self Maths Puzzle

The ratio of three positive integers is 2:4:5 and their least common multiple is 200. What is the sum of the smallest and the largest of the three numbers?

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self Other Question

Last year, the number of employees at a company was equal to 600, and the ratio of men to women was 5:3. The company hired new employees with a men to women ratio of 1:2 this year, which made the new overall men to women ratio 4:3. How many new employees did the company hire this year? What is the value of x which satisfies the proportional expression (x+1):(2x−3)=3:5 ?