Question

The ratio of red cars to blue cars in a parking lot was 5:3 if there were 40 red cars how many blue cars would there be

Answer 1

Answer:

24 blue cars

Step-by-step explanation:

Set up a proportion to solve this...

40/5 = x/3      (forty red cars is to five red cars as 'x' number of blue cars is to 3 blue cars)

Now solve by cross multiplying...

120 = 5x

    24 = x