Question

3 sailboats to 5 fan boatsHow many fan boats if therewere 54 sailboats?

Answer 1

we can use cross multiplication

$\begin{gathered} 3\text{sail}\longrightarrow5\text{fan} \\ 54\text{sail}\longrightarrow\text{xfan} \end{gathered}$

where x is the number of fan boats

$\begin{gathered} x=\frac{54\times5}{3} \\ \\ x=90 \end{gathered}$

the number of fan boats to 54 sailboats is 90