It took pearl 8 games to score 30 points. At this rate how many games will it take for her to score 45 points

Mathematics

1 answer:

irga5000 [103]3 years ago

8 0

Answer:

It will take 12 games

Step-by-step explanation:

We can use ratio's to solve this problem. Put the points over the number of games

30 points 45 points

------------ = ----------------

8 games x games

Using cross products

30x = 8*45

Divide each side by 30

30x/30 = 8*45/30

x =12

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