There were 12 new trucks brought to the sales lot on Monday. Three of them were red. At this rate if 40 trucks are brought to the lot by Thursday, how many of them will be Red?
what is 1/3 of 40?
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Choices are 10, 12, 15, 16
16
I think bobpursley had a typo.
3/12 = 1/4 are red
(1/4) * 40 = 10
To find out how many of the 40 trucks brought to the sales lot by Thursday will be red, we need to determine the proportion of red trucks to the total number of trucks brought on Monday.
First, let's calculate the proportion of red trucks to total trucks brought on Monday:
Proportion of red trucks = (Number of red trucks) / (Total number of trucks brought on Monday)
Proportion of red trucks = 3 / 12
Now, we can use this calculated proportion to find the number of red trucks in the 40 trucks brought on Thursday:
Number of red trucks on Thursday = 40 * Proportion of red trucks
Number of red trucks on Thursday = 40 * (3/12)
Simplifying the expression:
Number of red trucks on Thursday = 10
Therefore, if 40 trucks are brought to the sales lot by Thursday, 10 of them will be red.