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21 March, 19:17

at a local bookstore, the ratio of nonfiction to fiction books is 3:5. If the bookstore receives an shipment with 27 nonfiction books, how many fiction books can be expected in the shipment

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  1. 21 March, 19:19
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    I think the answer is 45
  2. 21 March, 19:29
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    45.

    3:5.

    27: x

    To get from 3 to 27, you multiply by 9. We would want to do the same thing to fiction books, so 5*9=45.
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