Question

The ratio of the number of left-handed batters in a team to the number of right -handed batters was 5 : 8 there were 45 left-handed batters .

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a) how many right-handed batters were there?


b) find the ratio of the number of left- handed batters to the total number of batters express youe=r answer in simplest form

Answer 1

a) 72 right-handed batters

b) 5:13

Explanation:

This is the answer because:

1) For problem a, we can see that 5 x 9 = 45. In order to balance the ratio, we also have to mulitply the 8 with a 9:

8 x 9 = 72

Therefore, the answer is 72 right-handed batters.

2) For b, there are two ways to do it. Sine we know that there are 5 left-handed batters, we just add 5 + 8 = 13. Therefore, the simplest form of the ratio is 5:13. Another we can do it is by adding 45 + 72 = 117 (total batters). Then, 45 of them are left-handed batters which means the ratio is 45:117 = 5:13.

Therefore, the answer is 5:13.

Hope this helps! :D

Answer 2

72 right handed batters.

Explanation:

45/5=9

8*9=72

45:72=5:8

Hope this helps.