Question

Juan and Jorge ran laps after school to train for the football team. The ratio of the number of laps Juan ran to the number of laps Jorge ran was five to two. If Juan ran 20 laps, how many laps did Jorge run?

Answer 1

Answer:8

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer: The laps run by Jorge are 8.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Ratio of number of laps Juan run to the number of laps Jorge run = 5: 2

Thus we assume the total laps = x

Number of laps run by Juan = 5x

Number of laps run by Jorge = 2x

Given : 5x = 20

Thus
`x=(20)/(5)=4`

and 2x =
`2* 4=8`

Thus laps run by Jorge are 8.