SOLUTION: A store stocks pine and spruce seedlings in approximately the ratio of 7:2. If they order 24 pines, how many spruce seedlings should they order? Round to the nearest whole number.

Question 939003: A store stocks pine and spruce seedlings in approximately the ratio of 7:2. If they order 24 pines, how many spruce seedlings should they order? Round to the nearest whole number.
Answer by srinivas.g(540) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A store stocks pine and spruce seedlings in approximately the ratio of 7:2
let x be the no of spruce seedlings to be ordered
7:2 = 24:x

multiply with x on both sides

multiply with 2 on both sides

divide with 7 on both sides

x= 7 ( rounding off to nearest whole number )
Result: no of spruce seedlings to be ordered = 7
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