Question

The ratio of sailboats to dinghies in the bay was 5 to 7 If there were 70

sailboats in the bay, how many dinghies were there?

Answer 1

98

Explanation:

Let the sailboats be s and the dinghies be d.

We have that:

s : d = 5 : 7

In other words:

s / d = 5 / 7

If there are 70 sailboats, this implies that s = 70

=> 70 / d = 5 / 7

=> d = (70 * 7) / 5 = 490 / 5 = 98

There will be 98 dinghies.