shadowyhank184 shadowyhank184
  • 20-11-2018
  • Mathematics
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A farm has sheep,pigs and cows at a ratio of 8:3:2. There are 10 cows, how many pigs and sheep are there

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jimrgrant1 jimrgrant1
  • 20-11-2018

15 pigs and 40 sheep

10 cows is equivalent to 2 parts of the ratio, hence

[tex]\frac{10}{2}[/tex] = 5 ← 1 part of the ratio, hence

8 parts = 8 × 5 = 40 ← number of sheep

3 parts = 3 × 5 = 15 ← number of pigs


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