beth has a box of shirts.one half of the shirts are small,2/5 of the shirts are meduim,and 5 shirts are large.how many shirts are in the box?
Fraction of large shirts
= 1 - 1/2 - 2/5
= (10-5-4)/10
= 1/10
Proportions:
1/10 : 5
1 : x
Cross multiply to get
Number of large shirts, x
= 1*5/(1/10)
= 50
Cross multiply to get
Total number of shirts, x
= 1*5/(1/10)
= 50
Lisa. Has 8 shirts. One-fourth are dress shirts. One-half are school shirts. How many are dress shirts? How many shirts are school shirts?
To solve this problem, we will use a variable to represent the total number of shirts in the box.
Let's first find the number of large shirts, which is given as 5.
Now, let's find the number of medium shirts. We are told that 2/5 of the shirts are medium, so we need to find 2/5 of the total number of shirts. Since we don't know the total number yet, let's use our variable, "x":
Number of medium shirts = (2/5) * x
Next, let's find the number of small shirts. We are told that half (or 1/2) of the shirts are small, so we can find this as well:
Number of small shirts = (1/2) * x
Now we can sum up the number of small, medium, and large shirts to find the total number of shirts:
Total number of shirts = Number of small shirts + Number of medium shirts + Number of large shirts
Total number of shirts = (1/2) * x + (2/5) * x + 5
Since we want to find the total number of shirts, we need to solve for x.
Combining like terms, we have:
Total number of shirts = (7/10) * x + 5
Since we can't simplify this equation further, we can't determine the exact number of shirts without more information. However, if you have a value for "x" or if you know any other information, we can substitute it into the equation to find the total number of shirts.