Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
<h2><u>Lesson : Reducing by factors:</u></h2><h2><u /></h2>
Given :


When you have to reduce a number by a certain factor, you must divide the area with the amount that it is reducing from, therefore,


9/2 = 81/a....9 kids meals to 2 adult meals = 81 kids meals to a adult meals
cross multiply
9a = 2(81)
9a = 162
a = 162/9
a = 18...so there were 18 adult meals
ratio is : 81/18