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180 people go bowling the ratio of adults to children is 5:4. How many adults and how many children went bowling?

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100 adults and 80 children

sum the parts of the ratio 5 + 4 = 9 parts

divide 180 by 9 to find 1 part of the ratio


(180)/(9) = 20 ← 1 part of the ratio

5 parts = 5 × 20 = 100 ← number of adults

4 parts = 4 × 20 = 80 ← number of children


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