Question

Jack needs 22 pirates for every 2 pirate ships he manages

Number of pirates number of ships
22 2
[ blank ] 5
[ blank ] 11
i need help please

Answer 1

55 pirates for 5 ships, 121 pirates for 11 ships

Explanation:

for every 2 ships he needs 22 pirates, divide both by 2 and we see that for every ship he needs 11 pirates, also can write as 2x= 22 and divide both sides by 2, x=11 now that we know for every ship he needs 11 pirates we just multiply 11 times the amount of ships or 11x=y, 11 times 5 is 55 and 11 times 11 is 121

Answer 2

First blank: 55

Second blank: 121

Explanation:

We have been given that Jack needs 22 pirates for every 2 pirate ships he manages. We are asked to fill in the given blanks.

We will use proportions to solve our given problem as:

`\frac{\text{Number of pirates}}{\text{Number of ships}}=(22)/(2)`

`\frac{\text{Number of pirates}}{5}=(22)/(2)`

`\frac{\text{Number of pirates}}{5}*5=(22)/(2)*5`

`\text{Number of pirates}=11*5`

`\text{Number of pirates}=55`

Therefore, the number for 1st blank is 55.

`\frac{\text{Number of pirates}}{\text{Number of ships}}=(22)/(2)`

`\frac{\text{Number of pirates}}{11}=(22)/(2)`

`\frac{\text{Number of pirates}}{11}*11=(22)/(2)*11`

`\text{Number of pirates}=11*11`

`\text{Number of pirates}=121`

Therefore, the number for 2nd blank is 121.