Question

John is creating a Thanksgiving display at the store where he works, using only canned pumpkin and canned green beans. He needs to maintain a ratio of pumpkin to green beans of 3 to 2. If he wants to use a total of 100 cans, how many cans of green beans should he use?

Answer 1

40

Explanation:

John is creating a Thanksgiving display at the store where he works, using only canned pumpkin and canned green beans.

He needs to maintain a ratio of pumpkin to green beans of 3 to 2 i.e. 3 : 2.

If John wants to use a total of 100 cans, then the number of canned green beans he uses will be
`100 *(2)/(3+2) = 40` cans. (Answer)