Question: RESEARCH FUNDING The Carver Foundation funds three nonprofit organizations engaged in alternate-energy research activities. From past data, the proportion of funds spent by each organization in research on solar energy, energy from harnessing the wind, and energy from the motion of ocean tides is given in the accompanying table.
Find the amount awarded to each organization if the total amount spent by all three organizations on solar, wind, and tidal research is
a. $9.2 million, $9.6 million, and $5.2 million, respectively.
b. $8.2 million, $7.2 million, and $3.6 million, respectively