ratio of 3 numbers with a given a number

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My sister has a homework but I cannot understand the question correctly (do not know if it is correct as well)

3 numbers are in the ratio of "3:4:5". 28 is the middle number, what are the other 2 numbers

If I will solve the problem what I'm going to do is to create this equation

$\frac{3}{4} = \frac{x}{28}$

$x = 28 \times \frac{3}{4}$

$x = 21$

and 3rd number will be 35. Is this the correct solution?

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$28$ corresponds to the middle number in the ratio $3:4:5$

This implies that $1$ corresponds to $\frac{28}{4}$

The first number would therefore be $\frac{28}{4} \times 3$ , you can the same method to discover the third number.