At J-Mart, the ratio of televisions sold to stereos is 6:2. If the store sold 18 stereos, how many television sets were sold?
2007-11-01 11:30:16 · 10 answers · asked by amandanl95 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Express the tv/stereo ratio as a fraction: 6/2 = 3.
18stereos * 3tv/stereo = 54tv
2007-11-01 11:34:44 · answer #1 · answered by DWRead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ratio of televisions sold to stereos is 6:2 It means that for every 2 stereos sold, 6 TV are also sold.
Let x = # of TV sold
6/2 = x/18
3 = x/18
x=54 TV sold
2007-11-01 18:38:13 · answer #2 · answered by Simple Mind 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
54 tvs sold. 6 divided by 2=3 and 18times 3=54
2007-11-01 18:40:47 · answer #3 · answered by jumpcrazi95 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
54 televisions were sold.
because the 2 in the ratio is multiplied by 9, so you multiply the 6 in the ratio by 9 also, and you get 54
2007-11-01 18:33:50 · answer #4 · answered by K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6:2
54:18
you multiplyed the 2 by 9 to get 18 so you had to multiply the 6 to get the answer
2007-11-01 18:45:39 · answer #5 · answered by ♥ emi ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 goes into 16-8 times, so multiply 8 by 6 and get 52.
2007-11-01 18:35:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If thats word to word There was
54 Tvs sold
2007-11-01 18:33:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
x = TVs sold
6/2= x/18
2x = 108
x = 54
2007-11-01 18:34:18 · answer #8 · answered by ironduke8159 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
54 Nos.
2007-11-01 18:35:12 · answer #9 · answered by Ajubhai. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
54 T.V
2007-11-01 18:40:09 · answer #10 · answered by analyser 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋