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The ratio of brown tiles to white tiles in Mrs.Harris kitchen in 4 to 5. There are 180 white tiles in the kitchen. What is the total number of tiles in mrs. Harris kitchen

User Mark Suman
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Answer:

405

Explanation:

Don't be confused about setting up the proportion. White has to go with white which is 4 and brown goes with 5.

The total is 9.

so proportion will look like this.

4/9 = 180/x Cross Multiply

Before I solve this, notice that the white data is on top of the fraction, and the total is on the bottom of the fraction on either side of the proportion.

4x = 180 * 9

4x = 1620

x = 1620 / 4

x = 4 0 5

Notice that the brown is going to be bigger than the white but not by much

White 180

Brown 405 - 180 = 225

Total 405

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