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  • 03-11-2022
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Jimmy is working at a factory where they make cars and trucks in the ratio five to four if the factory makes 100 trucks how many cars will it produce

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AdeebaZ185072 AdeebaZ185072
  • 03-11-2022

From the basic knowledge of ratio:

cars : trucks

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{5}{4}\text{ = }\frac{x}{100} \\ \text{cross}-\text{ multiply,} \\ 4\text{ }\times\text{ x = 5 x 100} \\ 4x\text{ = 500} \\ \text{Divide both sides, we have:} \\ x\text{ =500/4} \\ x\text{ = 125} \end{gathered}[/tex]

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