The ratio of wine to water in a mixture is 12:5 if there are 144cm square of wine in the mixture find the amount of water in the mixture with the correct working oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo pls

Answer 1

Let's assume that there are 12x cm squares of wine and 5x cm squares of water in the mixture.

Given that there are 144 cm squares of wine in the mixture, we can set up the equation:

12x = 144

Solving for x:

x = 144 / 12
x = 12

Now we can find the total amount of water in the mixture:

5x = 5 * 12
5x = 60

Therefore, there are 60 cm squares of water in the mixture.