Question

In a large bucket of screws, the ratio of slot screws to Phillips screws is 11 to 4. There are no other varieties of screws in the bucket. If there are 320 Phillips screws in the bucket, what is the total number of screws in the bucket

Answer 1

Ratio of slot screws to Philips screws = 11:4

Let the number of slot screws and Philips screw be 11x and 4x respectively.

We know number of Philips screws = 320
or, 4x = 320
→ x = 320/4 = 80

Number of slot screws = 11x = 11 × 80 = 880

Total number of screws = 880 + 320 = 1200
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