For three numbers, the ratio of the first and the second numbers is 2 : 3 and that of the second and the third number is 4 : 5. If the sum of the three numbers is 140, then what is the second number?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
I : II : III
2 : 3
4 : 5
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8 : 12 : 15
Sum of these numbers = 35r = 140
r = 4
The second number = 12r = 12 x 4 = 48