Question

The ratio of the numbers of apples to bananas in a market bag is 6:11. There are 144 apples. How many bananas are there?​

Answer 1

264 bananas

Explanation:

11/6 = x/144

cross multiplicaion

6x = 11x144

6x = 1584

x = 265

It males sense since 11 is almost double than 6

264 is almost double than 144