Tom and chuck share a reward of $234 in a ratio of 3:6. What fraction of the the total reward does Tom get?Need done ASAP!!
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Answer:1/3Step-by-step explanation:so the ratio is 3:6there are 9 total partsdivide 234 by 9 and you get 26there are $26 per partmultiply 26 by 3 to get Tom's reward, which is 78multiply 26 by 6 to get Chuck's reward, which is 156the fraction of the total reward that Tom gets is 78/234 (this is Tom's $ over total)simplify and get 1/3