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In an art room there are three easels for every five children. If there are 25 children, how many easels are there? Use a tape diagram to solve.

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The total number of easels in the art room is 15

How to determine the number of easels in the art room.

From the question, we have the following parameters that can be used in our computation:

three easels for every five children

This means that

Ratio = 3/5

To solve this problem, we can set up a proportion:

3 easels / 5 children = x easels / 25 children

Cross-multiplying, we get:

3 easels * 25 children = x easels * 5 children

75 = 5x

x = 15

Hence, there are 15 easels in the art room.

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