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There are 7 trucks for every 5 cars . If there are 21 trucks, how many cars are there?

User Madeleine
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I think that there would be 15 cars
User Svetoslav Marinov
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Answer:

15 cars

Explanation:

If there are 7 trucks for every 5 cars, the ratio is 7:5. So if there are 21 trucks, that's 7 x 3, which means we also multiply 5 by 3 = 15

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