Question

The Marine Discovery Aquarium sells ocean-themed cookies in their gift shop. Last month, they sold 65 shark cookies and 85 clown fish cookies. The cookies were so popular that they want to order more cookies this month. They plan to order 170 clown fish cookies this month. If they keep the same ratio, how many shark cookies should they order this month?

Answer 1

130 shark cookies

Explanation:

Number of shark cookies sold last month = 65

Number of clown fish cookies sold last month = 85

Ratio =
`65:85=13:17`

Now, the Marine Discovery Aquarium plans to order 170 clown fish cookies this month.

So,

Number of shark cookies : Number of clown fish cookies =
`13:17`

Number of shark cookies : 170 =
`13:17`

Therefore,

Number of shark cookies =
`(13)/(17)(170)=130`