The number of goats Peter will have is 12.
What are ratios and proportions?
An ordered pair of numbers a and b, represented as a / b, is a ratio if b is not equal to 0. A proportion is an equation that sets two ratios at the same value.
Given that a farmer intends to share 32 goats amongst his sons john, peter, and Thomas in the ratio 1 : 3: 4 respectively.
The number of the fractions will be calculated by assuming the common ratio as x. Then write an expression as below:-
x + 3x + 4x = 32
8x = 32
x = 32 / 8
x = 4
Number of goats for Peter = 3x
Number of goats for Peter = 3 x 4 = 12
Therefore, the number of goats Peter will have is 12.
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