Question

I’m the forest there were lions and tigers and bears the ratio of lions to tigers was 3 to 2 the ratio of tigers to bears was 3 to 4 if there were 9 lions how many bears were there

Answer 1

There were 8 bears

Explanation:

Letting L = number of lions, T = number of tigers and B = number of bears

L : T = 3 : 2

We can rewrite this as
L/T = 3/2

Cross multiply:
L x 2 = 3 x T

Divide by 3 to get
T = 2/3 L

Since L = 9

T = 2/3 x 9 = 6

In the other ratio we have
T : B = 3 : 4 which we can write as
T/B = 3/4

Cross multiply to get

4T = 3B

B = 4/3 T

Since T = 6, B = 4/3 x 6 = 8

Check
L : T = 9 : 6 = 3: 2 (by dividing both sides of : by 3)
T : B = 6 : 8 = 3:4 (by dividing both sides of : by 2)