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At a hot dog stand they serve regular hot dogs and footling hot dogs at a ratio of 5 to 3. Based on this ratio how many footlong hot dogs will be served if there is a total of 120 hot dogs served.

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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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