Question

The ratio of winning tickets to tickets sold is 2 to 5. If 3,500,000 are sold, how many tickets are winners?

Answer 1

14,000,000.

Explanation:

2 out 5 tickets are winners.

So number of winning tickets = 3,500,000 * 2/5

= 2 * 7,000,000

= 14,000,000

Answer 2

1400000

Explanation:

This is very simple,

multiply the total tickets with this fraction which is

= 2/5x 3500000

= 1400000