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Say, number of red and black cars are 3x and 8x, respectively.rintoo22 wrote:The ratio of the number of red cars in a certain parking lot to the number of black cars is 3 to 8. If there are 72 black cars in the lot, how many red cars are there in the lot?
Use equivalent ratios hererintoo22 wrote:The ratio of the number of red cars in a certain parking lot to the number of black cars is 3 to 8. If there are 72 black cars in the lot, how many red cars are there in the lot?
A. 11
B. 15
C. 24
D. 27
E. 32
I am getting an answer of 27 which is not correct. Kindly assist.
That's not possible as ratio of 24 to 72 is 1 to 3, not 3 to 8.rintoo22 wrote:But the answer posted in mock test is 24.
