Question

The ratio of students wearing sneakers to those wearing boots is 5 to 6. If there are 36 students in the class wearing boots, and all of them are wearing either sneakers or boots, how many of them are wearing sneakers?

Answer 1

15

Explanation:

For each 11 students, 5 are wearing sneakers, and 6 are wearing boots.If you have 33 students, then you multiply by 3 to find that 15 are wearing sneakers, and 18 are wearing boots hope it helps!