Question
In a bowl of salad there are 5/2 as many tomatoes as there are lettuce leaves.
a) write this as a ratio of tomatoes to lettuce leaves. Give your ratio in its simplest form.
b) there are 45 tomatoes on the salad bowl. How many lettuce leaves are there?
a) write this as a ratio of tomatoes to lettuce leaves. Give your ratio in its simplest form.
b) there are 45 tomatoes on the salad bowl. How many lettuce leaves are there?
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a) The ratio of tomatoes to lettuce leaves is 5:2 (or 5/2 in fractional form). This ratio is already in its simplest form.
b) Let x be the number of lettuce leaves. We can set up a proportion:
5/2 = 45/x
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:
5x = 90
x = 18
Therefore, there are 18 lettuce leaves in the salad bowl.
b) Let x be the number of lettuce leaves. We can set up a proportion:
5/2 = 45/x
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:
5x = 90
x = 18
Therefore, there are 18 lettuce leaves in the salad bowl.