THE BAG OF NUTS

Three boys were given a bag of nuts as a Christmas present, and it was agreed that they should be divided in proportion to their ages, which together amounted to `17 1/2` years. Now the bag contained `770` nuts, and as often as Herbert took four Robert took three, and as often as Herbert took six Christopher took seven. The puzzle is to find out how many nuts each had, and what were the boys' respective ages.


Topics:
Algebra -> Word Problems Arithmetic -> Fractions Algebra -> Inequalities -> Averages / Means Number Theory -> Division
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