Question

A grocery store clerk put only cans of tomato soup and cans of chicken soup on a shelf. The ratio of the number of cans of chicken noodle soup to the total number of cans on the shelf was 8 to 17. Which number could be the number of cans of tomato soup the clerk put on the shelf.

Answer 1

9 Cans of Soup

Explanation:

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Answer 2

9 cans of tomato soup

Explanation:

We are told that only cans of tomato soup and cans of chicken soup are put on the shelf.

Now, we are told that the ratio of the number of cans of chicken noodle soup to the total number of cans on the shelf was 8 to 17.

In fraction, this is 8/17

Now, this implies that there are 8 cans of chicken noodle soup while there are a total of 17 cans on the shelf.

Thus,

Since only cans of chicken noodles and cans of tomato soup are on the shelf, it means;

Cans of tomato soup = 17 - 8 = 9