Question

There are 5 trucks for every 8 cars in a parking lot. If there are a total of 112 cars in the parking lot. How many trucks are there?

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Answer 1

There are 70 trucks

Explanation:

trucks : cars:

5 8

Take 112 cars and divide by 8 cars

112/8 =14

We need to multiply each number by 14

trucks : cars:

5*14 8*14

70 112

There are 70 trucks