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a parking lot has 20 empty space. if the ratio of empty spaces to taken spaces is 5:2, how many spaces are there total?
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a parking lot has 20 empty space. if the ratio of empty spaces to taken spaces is 5:2, how many spaces are there total?

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8 because 20 divided by 5 (for the ratio) is 4 and then you solve the second part of the ratio so you do 4 times 2
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