Question

A store sells 2 printers for every 5 computers. the store sells 40 computers. how many printers does the store sell?

Answer 1

The store sold 16 printers because 40/5=8, and if they sold 2 printers for every five computers sold, they would have sold 16.

Answer 2

Answer: 16 printers.

Explanation:

We know that every 5 computers sold, the store sells 2 printers.

We know that the store sold 40 computers.

How many groups of 5 computers there are in 40 computers?

there are 40/5 = 8 groups of 5 computers.

So the sotre sold 8 times 2 printers = 8*2 printers = 16 printers