Question

The ratio of wooden bats to metal bats in

Answer 1

Answer: 10 metal bats

"Ratio of wooden bats to metal bats is 2 to 1" basically means "there are twice as many wooden bats (compared to metal ones)". So if we had 3 metal bats, then we'd have 2*3 = 6 wooden bats. If we had 7 metal bats, then we have 14 wooden ones (because 2*7 = 14). And so on. The basic rule is to multiply the amount of metal bats by 2 to get the amount of wooden ones.

We can go in reverse to divide the amount of wooden bats to get the amount of metal ones. So 20/2 = 10 is the amount of metal bats.

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A more formal approach is to use the proportion below to solve for x

20/x = 2/1

20*1 = x*2

20 = 2x

2x = 20

2x/2 = 20/2

x = 10

and we get the same answer.