Question

For each pair of tennis shoes Jayla owns, she owns 4 pairs of flip flops. If jayla has 9 more pairs of flip flops than tennis shoes, how many pairs of flip flops does she have? How many pairs of tennis shoes?

Answer 1

Answer: There are 12 pairs of tennis shoes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

For each pair of tennis shoes , she owns 4 pairs of flip flops,

so their ratio will be 1:4

Let the number of tennis shoes be x

Let the number of flip flops be 4x

According to question,

4x-x=9

3x=9

x=\frac{9}{3}

x=3

So, the number of pairs of tennis shoes is given by

$4x=4\times 3=12$

Hence, there are 12 pairs of tennis shoes.