Question

Jum.COM PIdyer Hobbs Schools VVTILITY avuut Cquivaitut NALIUS The ratios in an equivalent ratio table are 3:12, 4:16, and 5:20. If the first number in the ratio is 10, what is the second number? Justify your reasoning.

Answer 1

40. Because the ratio is that the second number is four times the first.

Explanation:

The ratios in an equivalent ratio table are 3:12, 4:16, and 5:20.

12/3 = 4

16/4 = 4

20/5 = 4

In all three cases, the second number is four times the first.

If the first number is 10.

The second is 4*10 = 40.

40. Because the ratio is that the second number is four times the first.