If the ratio of students with green shirts to total students in a class is 3 to 8, and are 12 students wearing green shirts, how

Question

2 years ago

12

many are there without green shirts?

2 answers:

svetoff [14.1K] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-12T14:53:42+03:00

8 0

The answer would be 20

jekas [21] · Answer 2 · 2022-08-12T12:53:57+03:00

Answer:

20

Explanation:

You would set up a proportion in order to solve this

3 green 12 green

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

8 total x total

Then you would cross mulitply for x and get 32. Since that is the total number, you would have to subract the 12 from 32 to get 20.