Question

A gym has soccer balls and basketballs. The ratio of soccer balls to basketballs is 3:2. The number of soccer balls at the gym is shown. How many basketballs does the gym have?

Answer 1

Answer: If the ratio of soccer balls to basketballs is 3:2, that means for every 3 soccer balls, there are 2 basketballs.

Let's say there are x soccer balls at the gym.

The ratio can be represented as 3x:2x

So the number of basketballs at the gym would be 2x.

So if you know the number of soccer balls at the gym, you can find the number of basketballs by multiplying the number of soccer balls by 2/3.

For example, if the gym has 18 soccer balls, the number of basketballs would be 2/3 * 18 = 12 basketballs

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