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CAN SOMEONE HELP ME ! Please and thank you.

A car dealership likes to have 4 blue cars on the lot for every 3 white cars. At this rate, how many white cars will be on the lot when there are 16 blue cars?

User Chriswiec
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5 votes

Answer:

Explanation:

15

User Merkle
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Answer:

12 white cars

Explanation:

Our ratio is 4:3

16:?

We can determine white cars by dividing 16/4 to find how many more cars we have than our original ratio.

16/4 = 4

3 x 4 = 12

16:12 = 4:3

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