Question

The ratio of Monarch butterflies to Queen butterflies at a butterfly farm was 5:2. If there are no additional butterflies at the farm, what is the ratio of Queen butterflies to the total number of butterflies at the farm?

Answer 1

im pretty sure it's 2:7

Explanation:

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Answer 2

So we know if there are 5 groups/dozens of Monarch butterflies, there are 2 groups/dozens of Queen butterflies. In other words, there are 5 Monarch butterflies for every 2 Queen butterflies.

Then we can turn that into an equation.


`5x = m \\ \\ 2x =q \\ \\ 5x + 2x = m + q`
From the last equation we wrote we can see that the total number of butterflies in the farm is
`7x`.

When we compare the Queen butterflies to total butterflies, we get
`(q)/(m + q) = (2x)/(5x + 2x) = (2x)/(7x) = (2)/(7)`

The ratio of Queen butterflies to total butterflies is 2:7.