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Question from nadha, a student:

SAMANDHA,AMANDHA AND NICOLE sold some cookies in the ratio 3:4:7
how many more cookies did AMANDA and NICOLE sell than SAMANTHA if NICOLE had sold 91 cookies?

Nadha,

Arrange the cookies they sold in a table to indicate how many each girl sold.

 
Samandha
Amandha
Nicole
First row
3
4
7
Second row
3
4
7
 
...
...
...
Total sold
?
?
91

How many rows are in the table? How many cookies did Amandha sell?

Penny

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