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21 February, 13:41

The ratio of adults to children in a library is 5:6. if there are 102 children in the library, how many people are there in the library altogether?

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  1. 21 February, 15:11
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    My way of obtaining this answer is this. I need to find out how many times 6 children divide into 102. I take this number and times it by the 5 adults to obtain the amount of adults in this ratio. So, 102 divided by 6 is 17. 5 x 17 is 85. The answer is 85:102. 85 adults to 102 children.
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