Gerhard's Bistro has an 5:8 ratio of lunch customers to dinner customers. It averages 40 lunch customers. What is its average nu

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mr Goodwill [35]

3 years ago

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Gerhard's Bistro has an 5:8 ratio of lunch customers to dinner customers. It averages 40 lunch customers. What is its average nu

mber of customers for dinner?

Mathematics

2 answers:

lys-0071 [83] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-09T06:29:42+03:00

lys-0071 [83]3 years ago

8 0

64+40=104
Answer is 104

zlopas [31] · Answer 2 · 2021-12-09T04:06:26+03:00

zlopas [31]3 years ago

4 0

Solve this ratio:

5 40
--- = -----
8 x

Then 5x = 320, and x = 64. So, on a day on which there are 40 lunch customers, there are 64 dinner customers (answer).