SOLUTION: A company is selling a natural insect control that mixes ladybug beetles and praying mantises in the ratio of 7 to 4. If there are a total of 110 insects per package, how many of e
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Question 97419: A company is selling a natural insect control that mixes ladybug beetles and praying mantises in the ratio of 7 to 4. If there are a total of 110 insects per package, how many of each type of insect is in a package?
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
L:M ratio is 7:4 which is a total of 11. So scale this up by a factor of 10 and we get a total of 110 from a ratio of 70:40.
cheers
Jon
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