The ratio of Steven's age to Cindy's age is 3 : 2. The ratio of Cindy's age to Juliet's age is 4 : 5. What is the ratio of Steven's age to Juliet's age? Give your answer in the simplest form. Ans : ___
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1. Identify the common term and find the equivalent ratios
Steven : Cindy =
Cindy : Juliet =
The common term is Cindy. We need to make Cindy's parts equal in both ratios. The lowest common multiple of and is .
Multiply the first ratio by :
Steven : Cindy =
2. Combine the ratios and extract the required ratio
Now we have:
Steven : Cindy : Juliet =
The ratio of Steven's age to Juliet's age is . This is already in its simplest form.
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