Question

you baked 42 chocolate cupcakes and 28 red velvet cupcakes.you package them in boxes that have the same ratio of chocolate to red velvet cupcakes as the total cupcakes. how many red velvet cupcakes are in a box thar has 24 chocolate cupcakes?

Answer 1

sixteen red velvets

Explanation:

28 divided by 42 is 66.6 and 0.66 times 24 is 16

Answer 2

28/42 is 66.66…%
0.66…(24) = 16.

Answer: sixteen red velvets