Question

(b) One day, the newspaper had 60 pages of news and advertisements.
The ratio number of pages of news : number of pages of advertisements = 5:7.
(i)
Calculate the number of pages of advertisements.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Please see the explanation.

Step-by-step explanation:

No. of pages = 60

ratio of news:advertisements = 5:7

∴ let their shares be 5x and 7x.

Now,

$5x+7x=60\\12x = 60\\\\x = \frac{60}{12}\\\\x = 5$

∴ No. of pages of advertisements = 7x =7×5 = 35.

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Answer 2

Answer:

THE ANSWER IS 35 PAGES

Step-by-step explanation:

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