Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Question on Number of SailBoats

Topic : Sailboates Word Problem

Question : Use a ratio box to solve this problem.The ratio of sailboats to rowboats in the bay was 7 to 4.If there were 56 sailboats in the bay,how many rowboats were there'

Solution :

7:4 :: 56: x
7/4=56/x
X= 56 x4/7
X = 32
There fore there is 32 rowboats in a bay.

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