Question

Tobias made a fruit salad with a blueberry to raspberry ratio of 8:6. Tobias' container of blueberries contains 72 blueberries. If he keeps to the same ratio, how many raspberries will Tobias use?

Answer 1

54.

Explanation:

8/6 = 72/ x where x is the number of raspberries.

8x = 6*72

8x = 432

x = 54.