Question

A school is taking a group of students on a field trip to the aquarium. Including chaperones, 132 people will be going on the field trip. Found out it's 110 students. The ratio of shark bookmarks to seal bookmarks to the students is 3:2. How many students receive shark bookmarks?

Answer 1

Given:

Total people = 132

Total students = 110

The ratio of shark bookmarks to seal bookmarks to the students is 3:2.

To find:

The number of students who receive shark bookmarks.

Solution:

Let the total number of students who receive shark bookmarks be 3x and number of students who receive seal bookmarks be 2x.

Total number of students is 110. So,

`3x+2x=110`

`5x=110`

Divide both sides by 5.

`x=22`

Now,

Number of students who receive shark bookmarks
`=3x`

`=3(22)`

`=66`

Therefore, 66 students receive shark bookmarks.