Question

Six out of eight people use Clean-White toothpaste, how many people out of 60,000 cah be expected to use Clean

white toothpaste?
HELPP.

Answer 1

Let they be x

• x/60000=6/8
• 8x=360000
• x=360000/8
• x=45000

Answer 2

45,000 people

Explanation:

Simplifying the expected ratio

• 6/8 people use toothpaste
• ⇒ 3/4

Multiply the ratio with 60,000

• 60,000 x 3/4
• 15,000 x 3
• 45,000 people can be expected to use Clean-White toothpaste