a pack rat has 130 piglets and 110 books. She wants to maintain this ratio in her collection but needs to sell some of her items

Question

1 year ago

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. If she sells 13 piglets, how many total items should she sell from her collection

1 answer:

bija089 [108] · Answer 1 · 2024-04-12T22:14:49+03:00

The number of items she should sell from her collection is 24

<h3>How to determine the number of items she should sell from her collection?</h3>

From the question, we have the following parameters that can be used in our computation:

Ratio = Piglets : Books

For 130 piglets and 110 books, we have the following representations

Ratio = 130 : 110

Also, for 13 piglets, we have the following representations

Ratio = 13 : Books

Using the above as a guide, we have the following:

13 : Books = 130 : 110

This can also be rewritten as

Books : 13 = 110 : 130

Multiply the second ratio by 1/10

So. we have

Books : 13 = 11 : 13

By comparison, we have

Books = 11

So, the total items sold is

Items = 11 books + 13 piglets

Evaluate

Items = 24 items

Hence, the number of items is 24