Question

A sport store donates basketballs and soccer balls to the boys and girls club. The ratio of basketballs to soccer balls is 7 : 6. The store donates 24 soccer balls. How many basketballs does the store donate? Please explain step by step.

Answer 1

there are 28 basketballs donated

Explanation:

basketballs 7 x

----------------- = -------------- = -----------

soccer 6 24

using cross products

7 * 24 = 6 * x

divide by 6

7*24/6 = 6*x/6

7 * 4 = x

28 =x

there are 28 basketballs donated