A cake is divided into 3 portions one for you, one for your friend and one for your neighbor. If you get twice as much as your friend, and your friend gets twice as much as your neighbor. What proportion of the cake do you get?
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4x/(7x) = 4/7
How did you get these numbers?
neighbour ---- x
your friend --- 2x
you ---------- 4x
so you get 2x/7x = .....
your friend --- 2x
you ---------- 4x
so you get 2x/7x = .....
If the neighbor gets x, then the friend gets 2x and you get 4x
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