Question

A museum has visitors from all over the world. 3/14 of them are from north america and 5/12 of them are from Europe. If there are 252 visitors from north america, how many visitors are from europe?

Answer 1

The answer to your question is 490 visitors

Explanation:

Data

3/14 from North america

5/12 from Europe

Visitors from North america = 252

Process

1.- To solve this problem use proportions and cross multiplication

3/14 ---------------------- 252 visitors

5/12 ---------------------- x

x = (5/12 x 252) / 3/14

-Simplify

x = 1260/12 / 3/14

x = 105 / 3/14

x = 490 visitors

2.- Conclusion

490 visitors were from Europe