3 At a stream cleanup, the ratio of adult volunteers to child volunteers is 7:4. If 20 children volunteer, how many adults are there?

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Hackaholic · Answer 1 · 2024-10-11T06:26:51+0000

Answer:

35

Explanation:

a=adult c=children

7a:4c

?a:20c

20 is 5 times more than 4 which I found by doing 20/4

So now we multiply 7 by 5 to get 35

35a:20c

There are 35 adults