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## anonymous one year ago The Ratio of roses to snapdragons was 4 to 5. If there were 26,000 roses on the float, how many snapdragons were there? PLEASE HELP ME :C AND PLEASE SHOW YOUR WORK !

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1. anonymous

okay,do 26,000/4

2. anonymous

did you get 6,500

3. anonymous

now multiply 6,500 by 5

4. anonymous

to get 32,500

5. anonymous

then u add them ?

6. anonymous

no, the ratio is 26,000: 32,500

7. anonymous

so 32,500 snapdragons

8. anonymous

oh , i get it thanks , so much your so helpful c:

9. anonymous

wait , one second

10. anonymous

i need to check if I did it right

11. anonymous

Okay

12. anonymous

I am not entirely sure

13. anonymous

I can tag some other people just in case

14. anonymous

@Skielerlucas04

15. anonymous

@UsukiDoll

16. UsukiDoll

let's see.. we can re-write the ratios as fractions so given roses to snapdragons was 4 to 5. 4 roses: 5 snapdragons now we are given 26,000 roses and ? snapdragons so that's the unknown we need to solve for $\large \frac{4}{5}=\frac{26,000}{x}$ then we can use cross multiplication $\large 4(x) = 26,000(5)$ $\large 4x = 130,000$ dividing 4 on both sides gives me $\large x=32,500$ snapdragons so our ratio is 26,000 roses to 32,500 snapdragons or 26,000:32,500 yes @heretohelpalways you've done it right.

17. anonymous

@UsukiDoll Thank you :)

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