Question

A sporting goods store ordered new bikes and scooters. For every 3 bikes ordered, 4 scooters were ordered. However, bikes were more popular than scooters so the store changed next order. the new ratio of the # of bikes ordered to the # of scooters was 5:2. If the same amount of sporting equipment was ordered in both orders and 64 scooters were ordered originally, how many bikes were ordered as part of the new order?

Answer 1

1. Original ratio of the bike and scooter is equals to :
=> 3 : 4, where 3 is the bike and 4 is the scooter
=> 48 bikes
=> original order = 64 scooter
=> 64 / 4 = 16
however, bike is more popular than scooter, so they changed it into new ratio:
=> 5 : 2 , where 5 is equals to bikes and 2 is equals to scooter.
=> 5 x 16 = 80 bikes
=> 2 x 16 = 32 scooter.