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A school uniform shop has 3 red polos, 8 white polos, and 15 grey polos. Based on these results, how many red polos will be sold out of the next 182 polos?

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Given:

A school uniform shop has 3 red polos, 8 white polos, and 15 grey polos.

To find:

The number of red polos that will be sold out of the next 182 polos.

Solution:

A school uniform shop has 3 red polos, 8 white polos, and 15 grey polos. It means red, which and grey polos are sold in the ratio 3:8:15 respectively.

Let the number of red, which and grey polos are 3x, 8x and 15x respectively.

Total number of polos = 182


3x+8x+15x=182


26x=182

Divide both sides by 26.


x=(182)/(26)


x=7

Now,


\text{Red polos}=3x


\text{Red polos}=3(7)


\text{Red polos}=21

Therefore, 21 red polos will be sold out of the next 182 polos.

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