SOLUTION: Sears orders hammers and saws in a ratio of 4:7. If they ordered 12 hammers, how many saws were ordered?
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Question 957136: Sears orders hammers and saws in a ratio of 4:7. If they ordered 12 hammers, how many saws were ordered?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let hammers be and saws
if hammers and saws ratio is , then we have
If they ordered hammers, then
. ...solve for
=> the number of saws that were ordered
check the ratio:
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