Question

Sam is organizing his Collection of DVD’s he has 57altogether . The ratio of comedy films to action to horror is 6:8:5 So how many of each type of dvd does he have Comedy =? Action=? Horror =?

Answer 1

Comedy =18, Action=24, Horror =15

Explanation:

6+8+5 = 19 We have 19 parts.

57 : 19 = 3 - 1 parts

3*6 = 18 - 6 parts - comedy

3*8 = 24 - 8 parts - action

3*5 = 15 - 5 parts - horror

Check :

18+24+15 = 57

18 : 24 : 15 = 6 : 8 : 5

Answer 2

18 comedy

24 action

15 horror

Explanation:

`(57)/(6+8+5)`

`(57)/(19)=3`

`6:8:5`

`6 * 3 :8 * 3:5 * 3`

`18:24:15`