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For every 3 tickets you sell your friend sells 4. You sell a total of 12 tickets. How many does your friend sell? Complete

problem
You
3
9
12
Friend
4
8
Your friend sells tickets

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13 votes

Answer:

3 : 4 :: 12 : x proportion 3x = 48 product means/extremes Can you solve for x and answer?

(If not look below.)

Explanation:

ratio: 3:4

so divide 12 by 3=4

and multiply 4 by 4=16

your friend sells 16 tickets

ratio is now 12:16

4 : 3 = 12 : x

x = 12 * 4 / 3 = 16

User Patrice IMBERT
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Answer:

16

Explanation:

If 3 x 4 = 12 then you need to do the same to the number 4 so 4 x 4 =16

User Bilal Shah
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