It’s opening day at an amusement park. There are 132 people in line before it officially opens. If the ratio of adults to kids waiting to get in is 5:6 , how many kids are waiting in line? (1 point) Responses 60 kids 60 kids 12 kids 12 kids 72 kids 72 kids 66 kids 66 kids

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To find the number of kids waiting in line, we need to divide the total number of people by the sum of the parts in the adult-to-kid ratio.

The sum of the parts in the ratio is 5 + 6 = 11.

To find the number of kids waiting, we multiply the ratio of kids to the sum of the parts by the total number of people in line:

(kids / 11) = 132

To solve for kids, we isolate the variable by multiplying both sides of the equation by 11:

kids = 132 * (6/11) = 72

Therefore, there are 72 kids waiting in line.