ms.johnson and ms.siple were folding report card to send home to the parents the ratio of the number of report cards ms.johnson folded to the number of report cards ms.siple folded is 2:3 at the end of the day ms. johnson and ms siple folded a total amount of 300 report cards, How many did each person fold ?



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[tex]2x-number\ of\ Ms.\ Johnson\ report\\3x-number\ of\ Ms.\ Siple\ report\\\\2x+3x=300\\\\5x=300\\\\x=60\\\\2x=2\cdot60=120\\\\3x=3\cdot60=180\\\\Ms.\ Johnson\ reported\ 120\ cards,\ Ms.\ Siple\ reported\ 180\ cards.[/tex]

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