Suppose Sinea and Ren each spend $40.00 on snacks, and each person spends money using the same ratios as on their last trip. Who spends more on souvenirs? Explain.

Please help me with this.

When I tried to answer this I got the following:

Sinea=$3.33 was spent on souvenirs
Ren=$2.50 was spent on souvenirs

I do not know if I got the correct answers and am unsure how to explain why one person paid more money than the other.

it would be Sinea, because last year she spent 5 dollars on snacks and to get to 40 you have to multiply 5x8 which makes 40, so if Ren spent 10 dollars on snacks last year it would take 4 times that amount to get 40. then multiply the amount of the money they each spent on souvenirs by the amount it took them to get to 40 last year. If you multiply the amount Sinea got (to equal 40), then you would get 96, then do that with Ren and you would get 80. 96 is more than 80 so Sinea would be spending more on Souvenirs

What was the ratio ?

It was as follows:

Sinea=Snacks $5.00; Games $8.00; Souvenirs $12.00
Ren=Snacks $10.00; Games $8.00; and Souvenirs $20.0

So for Sinea it was

snacks : games : souv = 5 : 8 : 12 or 5x : 8x : 12x
then ...
5x+8x+12x = 40
25x = 40
x = 1.6
Then Sinea spent the following:
snacks = 5x = 8
games = 8x = 12.50
souvenirs = 12x = 19.20

Now repeat the same steps for Ren
sn : ga : sou = 10 : 8 : 20
= 5 : 4 : 10 or 5y : 8y : 10y
23y = 40
y = 1.7391.. (I stored in my calculator for accuracy)

since all we care about is the comparison in souvenirs

Ren spent 10y on souvenirs
= 17.39

Let me ask you this. You said to repeat the same steps for Ren so I understand when you put 10:8:20 then I understand that you reduced 10:8:20=5:4:10

So would it be 5x:4x:10x=
19x=40
x=2.10

Thx

Its Sinea because 80 is greater than 96 ;-; I put thatand I got it right (。•̀ᴗ-)✧

IMAGINE JUST USE A CALCULATOR

To determine who spends more on souvenirs, we need to understand the ratios of their spending on their last trip.

Let's say Sinea and Ren spent a combined total of $x on their last trip, and Sinea spent a fraction of that amount on snacks, while Ren spent the remaining fraction on snacks.

According to the given information, each person spent $40.00 on snacks. This means that the combined total of their spending on snacks is $40.00 x 2 = $80.00.

Since Sinea and Ren spent money using the same ratios as on their last trip, we can assume that the ratio of their spending on snacks remains the same.

Let's say the ratio of Sinea's spending on snacks to the combined total of their spending on their last trip is a/b, and the ratio of Ren's spending on snacks to the combined total is c/d.

Therefore, we have:
Sinea's spending on snacks = (a/b) * $x
Ren's spending on snacks = (c/d) * $x

Since they both spent $40.00 on snacks, we can set up the following equation:
(a/b) * $x + (c/d) * $x = $80.00

To solve this equation, we need to know the values of a/b and c/d. Unfortunately, we don't have that information. Without knowing these ratios or having any additional information, we cannot determine who spends more on souvenirs between Sinea and Ren.

To find the answer, we would need more details about the ratios of their spending on their last trip or any other relevant information.