Sweet noticed the ratio of long boards to short boards was 1:4. If there were 35 surfboards at the beach , how many were short b

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tia_tia [17]

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Sweet noticed the ratio of long boards to short boards was 1:4. If there were 35 surfboards at the beach , how many were short b

oards? choose answer A.7 short boards B.28 short boards C.9 short boards D.5 short boars E.none above

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andre [41] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-16T11:18:22+03:00

andre [41]3 years ago

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So the ratio to longboard to short board is 1:4, the total of that ratio is 5. 35 ÷ 5 = 7. now we're going to take those ratios and multiply 1 × 7 = 7 and 4 × 7 = 28. Your final answer is B. to confirm your answer add 28 + 7.