Question

A box of candy had 9 cherry pieces for every

5 lemon pieces. If the box had 40 lemon
pieces, how many cherry pieces would there
be?
1

Answer 1

72 cherry pieces

Explanation:

A box of candy had 9 cherry pieces for every 5 lemon pieces. If the box had 40 lemon pieces, how many cherry pieces would there be?

40 lemon / 5 lemon = 8

9*8 = 72

Answer 2

Explanation:

alright this is indeed a simple ratio

for every 9 cherry pieces there is 5 lemon pieces

9:5

now this ratio is being multiplied by 8, because from 5 lemon pieces it went to 40

it can be written as 9:5 = x:40

so now we also multiply 9 by 8

9 * 8 = 72

there are 72 cherry pieces