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A parking lot has a total of 60 cars and trucks. The rate of cars to trucks is7:3. How many cars are in the parking lot? How many trucks are in the parking lot?

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7/10 are trucks
10×6= 60 total cars
7×6=42

42 out of 60 total vehicles are trucks
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42 vehicles are cars, 18 vehicles are trucks
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