Question

You normally sell 72 tacos for every 50 people that stop by your taco truck . How many tacos would you expect to sell if 275 came to your truck ?

Answer 1

about 396 tacos

Explanation:

First, figure out how many per person.

72 tacos / 50 people = about 1.44 (per person)

275 * 1.44 = about 396 tacos

Answer 2

396 tacos

Explanation:

We know that 72 tacos are sold for every 50 people.

we can organize the information we have in a table:

Tacos People

72 ⇒ 50

and we want to know how many tacos will be sold if 275 people came to the truck, if x represents the quantity of tacos:

Tacos People

72 ⇒ 50

x ⇒ 275

we can solve this problem with rule of three: multiply the cross quantities in the table (72 by 275) and the divide by the remaining amount (50)

so the quantity of tacos x is:

x=72*275/50

x=19800/50

x=396