Ratio Problem Solving Exercises
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Powered by AIThe ratio between elephants and penguins is 1:8, and penguins to tigers is 6:1. Combining these, for each elephant, there are 8 penguins, and for each 6 penguins, there is 1 tiger. Therefore, the ratio of elephants to tigers is \( 8:8 \times \frac{1}{6} = 1:48 \)
The ratio of felt tips to pencils is 3:2, meaning for pencils being p, felt tips is \( \frac{3}{2}p = p + 10\). Thus, p equates to 20. So felt tips amount to 30. For highlighters to felt tips ratio at 1:6, highlighters therefore total \( \frac{30}{6} = 5 \)
Children to adults initially stands at 4:1 ratio. Post 8 adult exits, it becomes 8:1. Children = 4x, adults = x. New adults = \( x - 8 \), given \( \frac{4x}{x-8} = 8/1 \). Solving finds x = 16, thus 64 children initially stand present.
Initially, boys and girls are in ratio 2:3. With three boys added, it shifts to 3:4. Say boys = 2x, girls = 3x. New boys are \( 2x + 3 \), yielding \( \frac{2x+3}{3x} = \frac{3}{4} \). Solving gives x=6, hence 12 boys and 18 girls, making 30 at the start.
Initially, let red and blue marbles be 4x and 7x respectively. Adding 5 red marbles changes the red marbles count to \( 4x + 5 \), making the new ratio 3:4. Setting up \( \frac{4x+5}{7x} = \frac{3}{4} \), we solve this equation to find \( x = 5 \). Thus, initial red marbles were 20. After adding five, there are 25 red marbles in total.
Initially, ratio of Team A to B is 2:3. After 12 join Team A, it becomes 10:9. Let members be 2x and 3x respectively. Therefore, \( \frac{2x+12}{3x} = \frac{10}{9} \), solving yields x = 6, entailing Team A at 24 and B at 18 members, totalling 42 current members.
To find the total number of biscuits, start by determining the number of plain digestives. Given the ratio of chocolate to plain digestives is 3:2 and there are 18 chocolate digestives, the number of plain digestives is \( \frac{2}{3} \times 18 = 12 \). The combined total of digestives is therefore 18 (chocolate) + 12 (plain) = 30. The ratio of digestives:custard creams:shortbreads is 2:5:3. Using 30 for the '2' part of the ratio, the total ratio parts are 10 (since 2+5+3 = 10). Therefore, total biscuits is \( \frac{30}{2} \times 10 = 150 \)
75% of the drama club members are 18 and under, leaving 25% over 18. Among those over 18, the ratio of dancers to singers is 3:2, meaning \( \frac{2}{5} \) of the members over 18 are singers. Therefore, the percentage of the entire drama club that are singers over 18 is \( 25\% \times \frac{2}{5} = 10\% \)
Initially, the coach has American to German tourists at 6:7. Eight Americans disembark, altering this to 4:7. Let Americans be 6x initially; with Germans 7x. Post-exit, Americans are \( 6x - 8 \), equating \( \frac{6x-8}{7x} = \frac{4}{7} \). Solving these finds x = 4, initially making 48 tourists. Therefore, after the stop, 40 tourists remain.
First, let the current ages be 11x, 7x, and 10x for Amit, Brenda, and Carleigh respectively. In six years, the ages adjust to 14y, 10y, and 13y. Setting up the equations \( 11x+6 = 14y \), \( 7x+6 = 10y \), and \( 10x+6 = 13y \) leads to the relationships between x and y being consistent across the three, valuing y in terms of x. Solving these, we find x = 2 and y = 2.5. Thus, ages now are 22 (Amit), 14 (Brenda), and 20 (Carleigh). In five years, their ages will be 27, 19, and 25 respectively.