Question

The ratio of trucks to cars on a freeway is 5 to 8. If there are 440 cars on the freeway, how many trucks are there?

Answer 1

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Ratio = 5 : 8

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Let no. of trucks be 5x and no. of cars be 8x respectively.

According to question,

5x = 440

=> x = 440/5

=> x = 55

No. of trucks = 5x = 5 × 55 = 275 trucks.