SOLUTION: Rico wants to divide 45 cans of sofa into two groups so that the ratio is 4 to 5. How many cans will be in each group?
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Question 1060582: Rico wants to divide 45 cans of sofa into two groups so that the ratio is 4 to 5. How many cans will be in each group?
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What's a can of sofa?
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4:5 means that out of every 9, 4 are one and 5 the other. So, how many groups of 9 are there in 45? 45/9 = 5
So we have 5 groups of 9, and each group has 4 of one and 5 of the other
5 groups times 4 of DISABLED_event_one= 5*4 = 20 cans in this group
5 groups times 5 of the other = 5*5 = 25 cans in this other group
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