Gershon created a pattern using shapes. He used 6 circles and 9 squares in his pattern. He created a second pattern with the same ratio of circles to squares. If there are 10 circles in his new pattern, how many squares are there?

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Lexie Friedman

Mathematics

20 August, 01:08

Gershon created a pattern using shapes. He used 6 circles and 9 squares in his pattern. He created a second pattern with the same ratio of circles to squares. If there are 10 circles in his new pattern, how many squares are there?

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Alexis Savage · Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

circle=6

square=9

circle = 10

square=? or x

ratio

6:10::9:x

product of mean = product of extreme

6x = 9*10

6x=90

x=90/6

x=15

so there will be 15 square