The ration of trucks to cars in the parking lot is 2:5. If there are 40 cars in the parking lot, how many trucks are there?

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Anthony Dahanne · Answer 1 · 2019-12-15T22:05:27+0000

Answer:

16 trucks

Explanation:

given that 5 parts of the ratio is 40 cars then divide to find one part of the ratio

(40)/(5) = 8 ← 1 part of the ratio

2 parts = 2 × 8 = 16 ← number of trucks