Question

The ratio of the number of students at the zoo in the morning to the number of students at the zoo in the afternoon was 5:3. There were 145 students at the zoo in the morning. What was the number of students at the zoo in the afternoon?

Answer 1

87 in the afternoon

Explanation:

morning: afternoon

5 3

There were 145 in the morning

145/5 =29

Multiply each side by 29

morning: afternoon

5*29 3*29

145 87

There are 87 in the afternoon