Question

The ratio of sailboats to dinghies in the bay was 5 to 7 if there were 70 sailboats in the bay how many dinghies were there?

Answer 1

Answer: 98

Explanation:

sailboats to dinghies = 5 : 7

if 5 is 70 then what is 7 to ?

well 70/5 is 14 so we had to multiply 5 by 14 to get 70.
That means we also have to multiply 7 by 14 to get 98