Question

In a village the number of houses and the number of flats are in the ratio 7 : 4 the number of flats and the number of bungalows are in the ratio 8 : 5 There are 50 bungalows in the village. How many houses are there in the village?

Answer 1

140

Explanation:

We can find the number of houses from ...

# houses = (houses/flats)(flats/bungalows)(# bungalows)

= (7/4)(8/5)(50)

# houses = 140