SOLUTION: "The ratio of robins to blackbirds that visit our feeder is 4 to 7. If there are a total of 132 birds, how many robins visit the feeder?"
Im not sure how to solve this. Please
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Question 189222: "The ratio of robins to blackbirds that visit our feeder is 4 to 7. If there are a total of 132 birds, how many robins visit the feeder?"
Im not sure how to solve this. Please help.
Thank you ^_^
Answer by jonvaliente(64) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The number of robins is 4/11 of total no of birds
The number of blackbirds is 7/11 of total no of birds
so,
of 132 = 48 robins
132-48=84 blackbirds
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