Question

at a local bookstore, the ratio of nonfiction to fiction books is 3:5. If the bookstore receives an shipment with 27 nonfiction books, how many fiction books can be expected in the shipment

Answer 1

I think the answer is 45

Answer 2

45.

3:5.

27: x

To get from 3 to 27, you multiply by 9. We would want to do the same thing to fiction books, so 5*9=45.