A store has a ratio of 5 packages of paper towels to every 3 packages of toilet paper. If there are 14 more packages of paper towels, how many packages of toilet paper are there?

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A store has a ratio of 5 packages of paper towels to every 3 packages of toilet paper. If there are 14 more packages of paper towels, how many packages of toilet paper are there?

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Answer:

Explanation:

The ratio is 5x To 3x so the difference is 2x

14/2 =7 So x=7

so 3(7)=

21 toilet papers

Dylanthelion answered Mar 13, 2021

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