Question

A collector has 80 movie posters and 50 band posters. She wants to sell 40 movie posters but still have her poster collection maintain the same ratio of 80:50. If she sells 40 movie posters, how many band posters should she sell? Complete the explanation to find out how many band posters should she sell.

Answer 1

Sell 25 cause 40 is half of 80 and so half of 50 is 25

Answer 2

She should sell 25 movie band posters. The way to find it is you divide 80 by 40 and you get 2 then you divide 50 by 2 and you get 25 so the ratio now is 40:25 which is equal to 80:50. I hope this helps!