Question

Parker has tangerines and apricots in a ratio of 12:95. How many apricots does hehave if he has 96 tangerines?On the double number line below, fill in the given values, then use multiplication ordivision to find the missing value.

Answer 1

We know that if Parker has 12 tangerines he has 95 apricots, so to find how many apricots he has we need to do a rule of tree

`\begin{gathered} x\text{ apricots }\cdot\frac{12\text{ tangerines}}{95\text{ apricots}}=96\text{ tangerines} \\ x\text{ apricots = 96 tangerines }\cdot\frac{95\text{ apricots}}{12\text{ tangerines}} \\ x\text{ apricots =}(96\cdot95)/(12)\text{ apricots = }(9120)/(12)\text{ apricots} \\ x=760 \end{gathered}`

So the answer is that Parker has 760 apricots is he has 96 tangerines.