At a game,the ratio of Barons fans to Blue sox fans is 8:3.if you know that atleast 22,000 people are attending the game,atleast how many Blue sox fans are there?
2006-09-05 15:31:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
22000 x (3/11) = 6000
check:
16000 barons fans
6000 blue sox fans
16000:6000 is the same ratio at 8:3
2006-09-05 15:50:46 · answer #1 · answered by q_midori 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
x=baron's fans=8
y=blue sox fans=3
t=total=11 (assuming bare minimum because you can't have fractions of people)
you get 3 proportions from this:
x/y=8/3
x/t=8/11
y/t=3/11
since you are finding y you can setup the following equation substituting the actual vaule of t which in this case in 22000
so, you would set the two important proportions equal to each other to find the value of y:
3/11=y/22,000
(cross multiply) 3*22,000=11y
66,000=11y
y=6000
get it sir?
more help below:
http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/alg/ratios.html
I'd like best answer, please!
2006-09-05 22:56:07 · answer #2 · answered by Patrick R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
7875 blue sox fans
2006-09-05 22:35:40 · answer #3 · answered by tomasgomez2005@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
16000 - I don't like doing homework problems.
2006-09-05 22:37:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋