Question

A hospital employs a total of 77 nurses and doctors. The ration if nurses to doctors is 9:2. How many nurses are employed at the hospital? How many doctors are employed at the hospital?

Answer 1

Answer: 63 nurses and 14 doctors

so you know the ratio is 9:2. that means for every 9 nurses there are 2 doctors. i didn't make an equation but i counted it.

if theres 9 (9*1) nurses theres 2 (2*1) doctors

if theres 18 (9*2) nurses theres 4 (2*2) doctors

if theres 27 (9*3) nurses theres 6 (2*3) doctors

you get the point so i multiplied 7 to 9 and 7 to 2, which means:

if theres 63 (9*7) nurses theres 14 (2*7) doctors

i hope this helps :)