On holidays three friends decided to buy a Christmas tree for $96. They made a cash contribution of 3: 5: 8. The two friends who invested less decided to return the third friend's money so that their cash
contributions became the same. What is the ratio of the money returned by the first person to the money
returned by the second person?

Step-by-step explanation:

Contribution by each:

Equal contribution is:

Returned by first and second person:

Ratio of returned amount:

answer: ok

step-by-step explanation:

exa:

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3+11

14

step-by-step explanation:

from this example, we can see that subtracting with integers is the same as adding the opposite. we can solve using a number line or by using the saying "keep, change, change" to us solve. it is important to remember that we can subtract a negative and end up with a larger number than we started with.