Question

The orange seashells to pink seashells is 3:7 if we use 40 seashells how many orange shells should we paint

Answer 1

Answer:

12 to 28

Step-by-step explanation:

i just multiplied by 4, just that simple.

Hope this helped^_^

Answer 2

Answer:

We want 12 orange shells

Step-by-step explanation:

Orange : pink : total

3            :   7   : 3+7

3            :   7   : 10

We want 40 total  40/10 = 4 so we multiply by 4

3*4      : 7*4     : 10*4

12          :28     : 40

We want 12 orange shells