Three pirates named Ahab, Sparrow, and Davy play a game. The pirates have a total of 210 coins, and each pirate has a different number of coins. At the end of the game, Ahab has won 5 coins and Davy has won 7 coins. Now, the ratio of coins belonging to Ahab, Sparrow, and Davy is 4:5:6, respectively. How many coins did Sparrow have at the beginning of the game?

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Step-by-step explanation:

at the end of game, sparrow has [tex]\frac{5}{4+5+6} \times 210=70[/tex] coins. since he loss 5+7=12 coins, then at the beginning he has 70+12=82 coins