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There are 4 trucks for every 5 cars in the parking lot. if there are 20 cars in the parking lot, how many trucks are in the lot?

User WaZaA
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16 trucks

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Use the given ratio between trucks and cars. The ratio states that there are 4 trucks for every 5 cars. If there are 20 cars in the parking lot, we can set up a proportion to find the number of trucks:

  • 4 trucks / 5 cars = x trucks / 20 cars

Cross multiplying, we get:

  • 5x = 80
  • x = 16

Therefore, there are 16 trucks in the parking lot.

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