SOLUTION: A new parking lot has spaces for 450 cars. The ratio of spaces for full sized cars to compact cars is 11 to 4. How many spaces are for full-sized cars? how many spaces are for comp

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Question 104885This question is from textbook Pretice hall mathematics. Algebra 1
: A new parking lot has spaces for 450 cars. The ratio of spaces for full sized cars to compact cars is 11 to 4. How many spaces are for full-sized cars? how many spaces are for compact cars? This question is from textbook Pretice hall mathematics. Algebra 1

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We are told the ration is 11:4, so that means the 450 spaces are conceptually divided in 15 "chunks". 11 of the chunks are for full size cars; 4 of the chunks can only accommodate compact cars. Each chunk is 30 spaces, based on 450 slots divided by 15 chunks.
So, 11*30= 330 full-size car slots
And there are 4*30 = 120 compact car slots.