1982 AHSME Problems/Problem 5

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Two positive numbers $x$ and $y$ are in the ratio $a: b$ where $0 < a < b$ . If $x+y = c$ , then the smaller of $x$ and $y$ is

$\text{(A)} \ \frac{ac}{b} \qquad \text{(B)} \ \frac{bc-ac}{b} \qquad \text{(C)} \ \frac{ac}{a+b} \qquad \text{(D)}\ \frac{bc}{a+b}\qquad \text{(E)}\ \frac{ac}{b-a}$

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1982 AHSME Problems/Problem 5

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