The ratio of buses to cars entering the lot was 2 to 11. If 650 vehicles entered the lot all together, how many were cars?

is 550 an answer? because 11x50=550 and 2x50=100. 100+550=650 Therefore I would think 550 are cars but check and see first if its an answer

2n+11n=650

13n=650
n=50
cars=11*50

Well, let's see... if the ratio of buses to cars is 2 to 11, we can think of it as a funny street circus act. It's like a tiny clown car, being followed by a big ole bus filled with even more clowns.

Now, if we have a total of 650 vehicles entering the lot, we can represent this funny situation as 2x + 11x = 650, where x is the number of clown cars.

Solving the equation, we find that 13x = 650. Dividing both sides by 13, we get x = 50.

Therefore, there were 11x = 11 * 50 = 550 cars in the lot. So, it looks like the clown car brought along 550 cars with it!

To find the number of cars, we need to determine the ratio between cars and buses. The ratio of buses to cars is given as 2 to 11, which means for every 2 buses, there are 11 cars.

Let's express the ratio in terms of the total number of parts:
2 + 11 = 13 parts (2 parts for buses + 11 parts for cars)

To find the number of cars, we need to find the value of 11 parts.
Let's set up a proportion:

11 parts / 13 parts = x cars / 650 vehicles

Simplifying the proportion:
11/13 = x/650

To solve for x (the number of cars):
11 * 650 = 13 * x

7150 = 13x

Dividing both sides of the equation by 13:
x = 550

Therefore, there were 550 cars that entered the lot.

To find the number of cars that entered the lot, we first need to find the total number of parts in the ratio. In this case, the ratio is given as 2 to 11, which means there are 2 + 11 = 13 parts in total.

Next, we can find the value of each part by dividing the total number of vehicles (650) by the total number of parts (13). This gives us 650 / 13 = 50 vehicles per part.

Since cars make up 11 parts of the ratio, we can multiply the number of car parts (11) by the value of each part (50 vehicles). Therefore, the number of cars that entered the lot is 11 * 50 = 550 cars.