The high school baseball team is having a cookout to celebrate their latest victory. They have a total of 35 hotdogs and hamburgers, 21 of which are hotdogs. At the end of the cookout there were 5 hotdogs and 3 hamburgers left. The coach says that the ratio of hotdogs that were eaten to hamburgers that were eaten is 16:11

Question

. Is the coach correct? Choose 1 for yes and 2 for no.(1 point)

Answer 1

To determine if the coach is correct, we first need to find out how many hotdogs and hamburgers were eaten.

1. Start with the total number of hotdogs and hamburgers:

   • Total items = 35
   • Hotdogs = 21
   • Hamburgers = 35 - 21 = 14

2. Next, we calculate how many hotdogs and hamburgers were left:

   • Hotdogs left = 5
   • Hamburgers left = 3

3. Calculate how many were eaten:

   • Hotdogs eaten = Total hotdogs - Hotdogs left = 21 - 5 = 16
   • Hamburgers eaten = Total hamburgers - Hamburgers left = 14 - 3 = 11

4. Now, we can check the ratio of hotdogs eaten to hamburgers eaten:

   • Hotdogs eaten : Hamburgers eaten = 16 : 11

Since the ratio matches the coach's statement of 16:11, the coach is correct.

Therefore, the answer is 1 (yes).