Question

In a box , the ratio of nail to screws is 4:7 if . there are 20 nail ,how many screws are there ?

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

In a box, the ratio of nails to screws is 4:7.

If there are 20 nails.

Now, to find the number of screws.

Let the number of screws be  

As, given the ratio of nails to screws is 4:7.

So, 4 is equivalent to 7.

Thus, there are 20 nails that are equivalent to  

Now, to get the number of screws we set proportion:

Therefore, the number of screws is 35.