Answer:
She should order 96 orange shirts
Step-by-step explanation:
The picture is shown below.
From the picture below Joan sold 10 blue shirts, 3 gray shirts , 5 orange shirts and 8 green shirts out of the colored Shirts. The ratio of the colored shirt sold are 10 : 3 : 5 : 8 . The total shirt sold that week is 10 + 3 + 5 + 8 = 26 colored shirts.
If she assumes the trend is going to continue the number of orange she should order can be calculated below.
Let us find the ratio of orange shirt sold to the total colored shirt sold.
orange shirt sold / total colored shirt sold = 5/26
This means every group of 26 colored shirts sold will have 5 orange shirt . So they told us she requested a total of 500 colored shirts . Following the same trend, how many group of 26 colored shirt are in 500.
5/26 = x/ 500
cross multiply
2500 = 26x
divide both sides by 26
x = 2500/26
x = 96.15
x = 96 orange shirts
She should order 96 orange shirts
