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In a large bucket of screws, the ratio of slot screws to Phillips screws is 11 to 4. There are no other varieties of screws in the bucket. If there are 320 Phillips screws in the bucket, what is the total number of screws in the bucket?

A. 320
B. 600
C. 880
D. 1200
E. 1480


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Re: In a large bucket of screws, the ratio of slot screws to Phillips screws is 11 to 4. There are no other varieties of

by swerve » Fri Oct 30, 2020 5:34 am
BTGmoderatorDC wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 29, 2020 5:32 pm
 In a large bucket of screws, the ratio of slot screws to Phillips screws is 11 to 4. There are no other varieties of screws in the bucket. If there are 320 Phillips screws in the bucket, what is the total number of screws in the bucket?

A. 320
B. 600
C. 880
D. 1200
E. 1480


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Let's try as follows:

\(SS : PS = 11x : 4x\)
\(4x = 320\)
\(x = 80\).

Total \(= 15 \cdot 80\)
Total = \(1200\)

Therefore, D is the correct answer.
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Re: In a large bucket of screws, the ratio of slot screws to Phillips screws is 11 to 4. There are no other varieties of

by Scott@TargetTestPrep » Thu Nov 05, 2020 1:23 pm
BTGmoderatorDC wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 29, 2020 5:32 pm
 In a large bucket of screws, the ratio of slot screws to Phillips screws is 11 to 4. There are no other varieties of screws in the bucket. If there are 320 Phillips screws in the bucket, what is the total number of screws in the bucket?

A. 320
B. 600
C. 880
D. 1200
E. 1480


OA D

Solution:

If we let s = the number of slot screws, we can create the proportion:

s/320 = 11/4

4s = 11 x 320

s = 11 x 320 / 4 = 11 x 80 = 880

Therefore, there are a total of 880 + 320 = 1200 screws in the bucket.

Answer: D

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