Question

Terry has nuts and bolts the ratio of the number of nuts to the number of bolts is 7:9 if Terry has 36 bolts how many nuts does Terry have

Answer 1

Given :

• Ratio between the number of nuts to the number of bolts = 7 : 9
• Number of bolts = 36

To Find :

• Number of nuts.

S O L U T I O N :-

Let the number of nuts and bolts be 7x and 9x respectively.

• Number of bolts = 36

`\tt { \therefore{9x = 36}}`

Solving the formed equation :

`: \implies \sf 9x = 36 \\ \\`

• By dividing both sides by 9 .

`: \implies \sf x = \cancel{(36)/(9) }`

• By dividing 36 and 9 by 9.

`: \implies{\underline {\boxed{ \tt x = 4 }}}`

`\huge {\therefore}` The number of number of nuts are 7x = 7*4 = 28.