The ratio of red cars to blue cars in a parking lot was 5:3 if there were 40 red cars how many blue cars would there be

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4 May, 04:47

The ratio of red cars to blue cars in a parking lot was 5:3 if there were 40 red cars how many blue cars would there be

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Mallory Owens · Answer 1

24 blue cars

Step-by-step explanation:

Set up a proportion to solve this ...

40/5 = x/3 (forty red cars is to five red cars as 'x' number of blue cars is to 3 blue cars)

Now solve by cross multiplying ...

120 = 5x

24 = x