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The two numbers which the person divided by were 25 and 8. I worked this out by using Thomas's work, which said 0.125 is equivalent to 1/8 of 1. The first step I did was to multiply 8 by 0.125 so I got 1. Next I did 3 multiply by 8 to get 24. Next I added 24 and 1 to get 25. I did this because the question says that the sum was a whole divided by a whole so I had to get 3.125 into a whole number. Also we know that whatever the whole you have to divide 1 by 8 to 0.125 . The answer to this question is 24 divided by 8.