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at a hot dog stand they serve regular and footlong hot dogs at a ratio of 5 to 3 based on this ratio how many footlongs hot dogs will be served there is a total of 120 hot dogs served. A. 45 footlong hot dogs, B. 75 footlong hot dogs, C. 72 footlong hot dogs​

User Miigotu
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Answer:

45

Explanation:

User Chris Vilches
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Answer:

45

Explanation:

Ratio is 5:3

So total ratio "parts" is 5 + 3 = 8

In total there are 120 dogs served, so each part is:

120/8 = 15 dogs

Since, footlong hot dogs are "3" parts, and each part is 15 dogs, there will be:

3 * 15 = 45 footlong hotdogs

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