Question

Your closet has 5 shirts for every 2 sweaters. Your closet has 30 shirts. How many sweaters are in your closet?

||Shirts||Sweaters||
|| 5 || 2 ||
|| 10 || ||
|| || 10 ||
|| 30 || ||
Complete the chart

Answer 1

12 sweaters 5=2 10=4 15=6 20=8 25=10 30=12

Answer 2

Answer: There are 12 sweaters in your closet.

Explanation:

Hi, to answer this question we have to express the information given as ratios:

• Your closet has 5 shirts for every 2 sweaters: the ratio is 5/2
• For 30 shirts, we will have x sweaters: 30/x

Since the ratios are the equivalent:

5/2=30/x

x = 30 / ( 5/2)

x = 12

There are 12 sweaters in your closet.

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