Question

When Mya looked out at the store's parking lot, she noticed that for every 4 cars, there were 6 trucks. If there's a total of 220 vehicles in the parking lot, how many of them are cars, and how many of them are trucks?

Answer 1

Answer:

88 cars

132 trucks

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a ratio problem, the ratio of  cars to trucks

for every 4 cars, there are 6 trucks

represented as a ratio we have 4:6

1. how many of them are cars

applying the part to whole strategy we have

4+6 = 10

let cars be x

$\frac{4}{10}= \frac{x}{220} \\\\x= \frac{220*4}{10} \\\\x= 880/10\\\\x= 88 cars$

2.  how many of them are trucks?

let trucks be y

$\frac{6}{10}= \frac{y}{220} \\\\x= \frac{220*6}{10} \\\\y= 1320/10 \\\\y= 132 trucks$