Question

John is creating a Thanksgiving display at the store where he works, using only canned pumpkin and canned green beans. He needs to maintain a ratio of pumpkin to green beans of 5 to 1. If he wants to use a total of 114 cans, how many cans of green beans should he use?

Answer 1

Answer:

19

Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio of green beans (g) to pumpkin (p) is ...

... g : p = 1 : 5

Then the ratio of green beans to the total is ...

... g : (g+p) = 1 : (1+5) = 1 : 6

Since you have

... g/total = (1/6)

... g = total · 1/6

you can substitute 114 for the total to find ...

... g = 114 · 1/6 = 19