Question

Penny sold 16 snow cones. Of those sold, 12 of them were blue snow cones. If this pattern continues, how many blue snow cones will she sell if she sells 96 total snow cones?

Answer 1

To find out how many blue snow cones Penny will sell if she sells 96 snow cones in total, we can set up a proportion: 12 blue snow cones / 16 total snow cones = x blue snow cones / 96 total snow cones. Solving this proportion, we find that Penny will sell 72 blue snow cones if she sells 96 snow cones in total.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many blue snow cones Penny will sell if she sells 96 snow cones in total, we can set up a proportion.

Since Penny sold 12 blue snow cones out of 16 in the given scenario, we can set up the proportion:

12 blue snow cones / 16 total snow cones = x blue snow cones / 96 total snow cones

Cross multiplying, we get:

1. 12 blue snow cones * 96 total snow cones = 16 total snow cones * x blue snow cones
2. 1152 = 16x
3. x = 1152 / 16
4. x = 72