A company sells 4 pairs of jeans for every 9 shirts. At this rate, if they sell 585 shirts, how many pairs of jeans do they sell?

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Ey Dee Ey Em · Answer 1 · 2024-07-20T06:34:09+0000

260 jeans

You put the ratio of jeans to shirts as 4/9 and make the ratio of 585 shirts be x/585. You divide 585 by 9 and use that quotient to multiply the number of jeans which is 4. That will get you 260 jeans per 585 shirts.

A company sells 4 pairs of jeans for every 9 shirts. At this rate, if they sell 585 shirts, how many pairs of jeans do they sell?

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