You are making a salad. The ratio of olives to croutons is 5 : 3. You put 12 croutons in your salad. How many olives do you put

Question

3 years ago

13

in your salad?

2 answers:

swat32 · Answer 1 · 2022-10-19T17:25:15+03:00

swat323 years ago

6 0

Answer:

20

Step-by-step explanation:

Ratio of olives : croutons is 5 : 3.

If you put 12 croutons, you put 4 times the amount of croutons in the ratio since 12/3 = 4.

That means you must also put 4 times the number of olives.

4 * 5 = 20

Answer: 20

lana66690 [7] · Answer 2 · 2022-10-19T15:04:45+03:00

5 0

Answer:

20

Step-by-step explanation:

12/3 (the number of croutons) = 4

Since 4 is your base number, you would multiply 4 x 5.

20 olives