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Algebra Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Find the answer Canada

Angela and Barry share a piece of land. The ratio of the area of Angela's portion to the area of Barry's portion is $3:2$ . They each grow corn and peas on their piece of land. The entire piece of land is covered by corn and peas in the ratio $7:3$ . On Angela's portion of the land, the ratio of corn to peas is $4:1$ . What is the ratio of corn to peas for Barry's portion?

(A) $11:9$ (B) $2:3$ (C) $3:2$ (D) $3:7$ (E) $1:4$

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