Question

In one day a movie store rented out 50 comedies. If the ratio of comedies rented to action movies rented was 10:7, how many action movies were rented?

Answer 1

In a day a movie store rented out 50 comedies.

The ratio of comedies rented to action movies was 10:7

How many action movies were rented?

Let the number of action movies rented be x

`(50)/(x)` =
`(10)/(7)`

Cross multiplying gives

350 = 10x , x = 350/10

x = 35

So there were 35 action movies rented.