Question

In a crayon box there are 5 dark colors for every 8 light colors. If there are 20 dark colors , how many light colors are there?

Answer 1

well twenty divided by five equals 4 so 8 times 4 = 32

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Answer 2

Answer

Find out the how many light colors are in the 20 dark colors .

To prove

First find out the number of light colors for one dark color.

As given

In a crayon box there are 5 dark colors for every 8 light colors.

For one dark colour

$= \frac{8}{5}\ light\ colors$

Now for the 20 dark colors

$= \frac{20\times 8 }{5}$

Solving the above

$= 4\times 8$

= 32 light colors

Therefore for  20 dark colors the light colors are 32 .

Hence proved