Question
The ration of trucks to cars in the parking lot is 2:5. If there are 40 cars in the parking lot, how many trucks are there?
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Answer:
16 trucks
Step-by-step explanation:
given that 5 parts of the ratio is 40 cars then divide to find one part of the ratio
[tex]\frac{40}{5}[/tex] = 8 ← 1 part of the ratio
2 parts = 2 × 8 = 16 ← number of trucks