Question

Matthew made a fruit salad, in which the ratio of blueberries to red grapes is 8:6. If Matthew used 28 blueberries, how many red grapes did he use? [Type your answer as a number.]

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Answer 1

Explanation:

Let's look at some other ratios that equal 8:6 We could increase them or decrease them. For instance if we cut one in half we cut the other one in half, so 8:6 would be the same ratio as 4:3. With the same thinking if we double one we double the other so 8:6 s the same ratio as 16:12. Now, we want to go from 8 to 28. What do we multiply 8 by to get to it? Or, it might be easier to use 4:3 and see what you multiply 4 by. Then you multiply 3 by that same number to get the other number.

Let me know if that doesn't make sense.