Question

An employee at a fast food restaurant noticed that 3 out of every 5 customers ordered onion rings and 2 out of every 5 customers ordered fries. By the end of the employee's shift, she had taken 585 orders. Out of 585 orders, how many were onion rings? Out of 585 orders, how many were fries?

Answer 1

• Onion rings ⇒ 351 orders

• Fries ⇒ 234 orders

Explanation:

Onion Rings.

3 out of every 5 ordered onion rings and she took 585 orders.

Onion ring orders = 3/5 * 585

= 351 orders

Fries

2 out of every 5 ordered fries

Fries orders = 2/5 * 585

= 234 orders