Question

Sandy has four boxes filled with pink ribbons and yellow ribbons. The table shows the number of pink and yellow ribbons in each box. Box Number Pink Ribbons Yellow Ribbons 1 4 5 2 16 20 3 12 15 4 36 45 A fifth box has pink and yellow ribbons in the same proportion as Sandy’s first four boxes. Which table could represent box number 5?

Answer 1

Answer: box number : 5

Pink ribbons : 24

Yellow ribbons : 30

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Box 1 has 4 pink and 5 yellow, which is a 4:5 proportion
Box 2 has 16 pink and 20 yellow, which is also a 4:5 proportion ( 16/4 = 4, 20/4 = 5)
Box 3 has 12 pink and 15 yellow, also a 4:5 proportion ( 12/3 = 4, 15 / 3 = 5 )

Box 5 would also have a 4:5 proportion