Question

Example Jessie has a collection of 147 sports figurines. He has both football and baseball figurines at a ratio of 2:5. How many baseball figurines does he have?

Answer 1

105

Explanation:

Apparently 5/(2+5) = 5/7 of Jessie's figurines are baseball figurines. That number is ...

(5/7)(147) = 105 . . . baseball figurines