Question

Cherry pies ratio is 240 to 3 pies.how many Cherry's to make 9 pies​

Answer 1

`\text{Find how many cherries is needed for 9 pies}\\\\\text{We know that there are 240 total cherries on 3 pies}\\\\\text{Now we need to find how many cherries will 9 pies need}\\\\\text{We simply have to multiply 240 by 3, since 3 multiplied by 3 is 9 pies}\\\text{So we would do the same with the cherries by multiplying it by 3}\\\\240\cdot3=720\\\\\boxed{\text{720 cherries}}`

Answer 2

720

Explanation:

It takes 240 cherries to make 3 pies.

9 pies are 3 times 3 pies, so it takes 3 times as many cherries.

3 * 240 cherries = 720 cherries.