Answer:
Sushil got 15 sweets
Step-by-step explanation:
we can use law of indices property as shown below
a:b:c = ax:bx:cx
that if we multiply each term of ratio by same number , the ratio does not change
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given
Malachy, Sushil and Fiona share some sweets in the ratio 1:3:1.
let
Malachy gets 1x sweets
sushil gets 3x sweets
Fiona gets 1x sweets
but given that
Malachy got 5 sweets
thus
1x = 5
x = 5
Sushil got 3x sweets = 3*5 = 15 sweets.
Sushil got 15 sweets.
