conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A 40 meters rope was cut into 2 parts in the ratio of 2:3. How long is the shorter part?
  Can you solve this problem?
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: The rope was cut into 2 + 3 = 5 parts.
  So each part is 40/5 = 8 meters long.
  Since the shorter part is consists of 2 parts, then it is 8 x 2 = 16 meters long.