There are red cars and blue cars in the parking lot. The ratio of blue to red is 11:6
. There are 317 blue cars. How many red cars are in the parking lot? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.(1 point)
Responses
To find the number of red cars, we can use the given ratio and the number of blue cars.
According to the ratio, for every 11 blue cars, there are 6 red cars.
So, in this case, the ratio 11:6 corresponds to 11 blue cars and 6 red cars.
We are given that there are 317 blue cars.
To find the number of red cars, we can set up a proportion:
(11 blue cars / 317 blue cars) = (6 red cars / x red cars)
Cross-multiplying, we get:
11 * x = 6 * 317
11x = 1902
Dividing both sides by 11, we get:
x = 1902 / 11
x ≈ 172.91
Rounding to the nearest whole number, there are approximately 173 red cars in the parking lot.