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Question 8 of 10, Step 1 of 15/10CorrectIn a park, the ratio of adults to children is 12 to 11. If there are 368 people in the park, how many children are there?AnswerекеKeyboard ShochildrenSubmit Answer

Answer 1

STEP - BY - STEP EXPLANATION

What to find?

Number of children in the park.

Given:

• Ratio of adult to children =12: 11

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• Total ratio =23

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• Number of people in the park =368

To solve the given problem, we will follow the steps below:

Step 1

Use the formula below to solve the given problem:

`Number\text{ }of\text{ }children=\frac{ratio\text{ of children}}{total\text{ ratio}}* number\text{ of people}`

Step 2

Substitute the values into the formula.

`Number\text{ }of\text{ }children=(11)/(23)*368`
`=(4048)/(23)`
`=176`

Therefore, there are 176 children in the park.