Question

In one day a movie store rented out 32 comedies. If the ratio of comedies to action movies rented was 8:7, how many action movies were rented?

Answer 1

$\bf \cfrac{comedie}{action}\qquad 8:7\qquad \cfrac{8}{7}\qquad \qquad \cfrac{32}{a}=\cfrac{8}{7}\implies \cfrac{32\cdot 7}{8}=\stackrel{action}{a}$