Wednesday: The original ratio was 5 to 2 And the info tells us that the new ratio is ? to 18. To find the first part we have to find how we got from 2 to 18. 2 * 9 = 18. So to find out the first part you do 5 * 9 = 45. We multiply 5 because Thats the original 1st part. We multiply 9 because that's how we got to 18 in the 2nd part. So the answer is 45 for Wednesday.
Thursday: The original ratio was 5 to 2 And the info tells us that the new ratio is 55 to ?. To find the first part we have to find how we got from 5 to 55. 5 * 11 = 55. So to find out the 2nd part you do 2 * 11 = 55. We multiply 2 because That's the original 2nd part. We multiply 11 because that's how we got to 55 in the 1st part. So the answer is 22 for Thursday.
