Question

In the clothing store, the ratio of shirts to jeans is 6:5. There are 35 pairs of jeans. How many shirts are there.

Answer 1

42 shirts

Explanation:

There are 6 shirts for every five pairs of jeans. Therefore:

6:5=x:35

35/5=x/6

7=x/6

42=x

There are 42 shirts

Answer 2

30

Explanation:

35 jeans is 5 parts

35/5=7

Therefore 1 part is 7 items

7*6=42

There are 42 shirts