Question

A classroom had 35 glue sticks,if the ratio of glue sticks and glue bottles was 5 : 2 . how many glue bottles did the classroom have

Answer 1

Answer:

let no of glue sticks be 5x

and, let no of glue bottles be 2x

then ATQ,

5x = 35

x = 35/5

x = 7

therefore, no. of glue bottles = 2 x 7 = 14