Question

When Mya looked out at the store's parking lot, she noticed that for every 4 cars, there were 6 trucks. If there's a total of 220 vehicles in the parking lot, how many of them are cars, and how many of them are trucks?

Answer 1

88 cars

132 trucks

Explanation:

This is a ratio problem, the ratio of cars to trucks

for every 4 cars, there are 6 trucks

represented as a ratio we have 4:6

1. how many of them are cars

applying the part to whole strategy we have

4+6 = 10

let cars be x

`(4)/(10)= (x)/(220) \\\\x= (220*4)/(10) \\\\x= 880/10\\\\x= 88 cars`

2. how many of them are trucks?

let trucks be y

`(6)/(10)= (y)/(220) \\\\x= (220*6)/(10) \\\\y= 1320/10 \\\\y= 132 trucks`