Question

there are 35 children and 6 adults at a preschool. to keep the same child-to-adult ratio, how many adults are needed for 140 children?

Answer 1

6/35 = a/140

140/35 = 4, so a/4 = 6--->a = 24 adults.

Answer 2

To maintain the same child-to-adult ratio of 35:6 for 140 children, the number of adults needed is 28. To maintain the same ratio for 140 children, we multiply the number of children by the simplified ratio, which gives us 140/5 = 28

Step-by-step explanation:

The question is asking about finding the right number of adults needed to maintain the same child-to-adult ratio in a preschool setting when the number of children is increased. Given that there are 35 children for every 6 adults initially, we can set up a proportion to solve for the number of adults needed for 140 children.

The ratio of children to adults is 35:6, which simplifies down to 5:1 (since 35/7 = 5 and 6/7 = 1). To maintain the same ratio for 140 children, we multiply the number of children by the simplified ratio, which gives us 140/5 = 28. Therefore, 28 adults are needed to maintain the same child-to-adult ratio for 140 children.