Question

The ratio of the number of people who own a smartphone to the number of people who own a flip phone is 4:3. If 500 more people own a smartphone than a flip phone, how many people own each type of phone?

Answer 1

OK. So, each 1 in your ratio is equal to 500 people. So you do 500 x 4 to get how many people have a smartphone. For people with flip phones, you need to multiply 500 x 3. So 2,000 people have smart phones and 1,500 people have flip phones.