Question

Holly and Jimmy went shopping. For every $2

that Holly spent, Jimmy spent $5. If together
they spent $35, how much did Jimmy spend?

Answer 1

if you want it a a whole number, it would be for every 34$ 85 bucks for jimmy .

Answer 2

You can write the amount that they spent individually in a ratio where:

Holly : Jimmy

2 : 5

The total of this ratio would be 2+5 = $7.


To find the scale factor multiplier for the base ratio of 2:5:

35/7 = 5


Multiply both sides of the ratio by 5.

Holly : Jimmy

2 x5 : 5 x5

10 : 25

You can see that the total of this ratio is now $35, where Jimmy spent $25.