Question

An employee at a grocery store was restocking shelves. He was restocking cans of beans and

cans of corn. The ratio of cans of beans to total cans on the shelf is 9 to 17.
Which of the following could be the number of cans of corn on the shelf?
A. 24
B. 27
C. 51
D. 78

Answer 1

The answer will be C.) 51

Answer 2

51.


51 / 17 = 3
24 / 17 = 1.41176…
27 / 17 = 1.58823…
78 / 17 = 4.5882…