Question

Jack needs 22 pirates for every 2 pirate ships he manages

Answer 1

Answer:

First blank: 55

Second blank: 121

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that Jack needs 22 pirates for every 2 pirate ships he manages. We are asked to fill in the given blanks.

We will use proportions to solve our given problem as:

$\frac{\text{Number of pirates}}{\text{Number of ships}}=\frac{22}{2}$

$\frac{\text{Number of pirates}}{5}=\frac{22}{2}$

$\frac{\text{Number of pirates}}{5}*5=\frac{22}{2}*5$

$\text{Number of pirates}=11*5$

$\text{Number of pirates}=55$

Therefore, the number for 1st blank is 55.

$\frac{\text{Number of pirates}}{\text{Number of ships}}=\frac{22}{2}$

$\frac{\text{Number of pirates}}{11}=\frac{22}{2}$

$\frac{\text{Number of pirates}}{11}*11=\frac{22}{2}*11$

$\text{Number of pirates}=11*11$

$\text{Number of pirates}=121$

Therefore, the number for 2nd blank is 121.

Answer 2

Answer:

55 pirates for 5 ships, 121 pirates for 11 ships

Step-by-step explanation:

for every 2 ships he needs 22 pirates, divide both by 2 and we see that for every ship he needs 11 pirates, also can write as 2x= 22 and divide both sides by 2, x=11 now that we know for every ship he needs 11 pirates we just multiply 11 times the amount of ships or 11x=y, 11 times 5 is 55 and 11 times 11 is 121