3 years ago

If the ratio of beakers to test tubes in a lab is 3:8, and there are 64 test tubes, how many beakers are there?

Mathematics

2 answers:

eimsori [14]3 years ago

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64 + 64 = 128. 128 is 6/8

128 is 75%

$\frac{75}{100} = \frac{128}{y}$

y should be 171 or 172

OLga [1]3 years ago

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3:8
Beakers: test tubes

3+8=15

64/15= 4

3:4. X4
12:16

12 beakers

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