Question

The ratio of juniors to seniors in history class is 4 to 5. How many seniors are in the class if there are 12 juniors in the class?

Answer 1

15 seniors

Explanation:

Because, the ratio is 4:5 since there are 12 juniors you would divide by three to find out what is the value of the number you need to multiply to get how many seniors you have. In this situation the number is 3 therefore you would multiply it by 5, which would give us 15 seniors.

Answer 2

15

Explanation:

4/5 4*3 is 12 5*3 is 15