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Comment on Combining Ratios
HI ADMIN, CAN U PLS EXPLAIN
HI ADMIN, CAN U PLS EXPLAIN ME BELOW QUE.
THE RATIO OF PENCILS' NUMBER TO THE PENS' NUMBER IS 5 TO 3. IF THE PENS' NUMBER EXCEEDS 2/5 THE PENCILS' NUMBER BY 4 , WHAT IS PENS' NUMBER?
You bet!
You bet!
Let C = # of pencils
Let N = # of pens
"THE RATIO OF PENCILS' NUMBER TO THE PENS' NUMBER IS 5 TO 3"
So, C/N = 5/3
Cross multiply to get: 3C = 5N
"THE PENS' NUMBER EXCEEDS 2/5 THE PENCILS' NUMBER BY 4"
N = (2/5)C + 4
Multiply both sides by 5 to get: 5N = 2C + 20
We now have two equations:
3C = 5N
5N = 2C + 20
Since both equations are set equal to 5N, we can write: 3C = 2C + 20
Solve to get: C = 20
If C = 20, then N = 12
So, there are 12 pens and 20 pencils
Got You. I often confuse with
just to add something =)
we could also simplify 24/T=3/4 --> 8/T = 1/4
may help with more hairy problems =)
Looks good to me!
Looks good to me!
Hi Brent! Could you please
https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-ratio-by-volume-of-soap-to-alcohol-to-water-in-a-68933.html
Here's my full solution:
Here's my full solution: https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-ratio-by-volume-of-soap-to-alcohol-to-wat...
Cheers,
Brent
We can do this right?
P/B*B/T= 5/2*3/4
P/T=15/8
P=60
T=8/15*60=32
That's a perfectly valid
That's a perfectly valid solution. Nice work!
Cheers,
Brent
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Hi Brent , for the above question I didn’t understand the part where we have to double and halve the ratios. When I did it I doubled both the ratio terms to have 4/100 (after doubling ) and 1/50 after havle . Can you please explain me this part, why are we only changing one term
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Question link: https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-ratio-by-volume-of-soap-to-alcohol-to-wat...
Tricky question!!
Doubling both ratio terms won't double the ratio (we're told that "the ratio of soap to alcohol is doubled")
Initially, the ratio soap/alcohol = 2/50
So, doubling the ratio means the ratio soap/alcohol = 4/50
Notice that 4/50 = 2(2/2/50). That is, the ratio 4/50 is twice the ratio 2/50
In your solution you doubled both ratio terms to get 4/100. However 4/100 and 2/50 are equivalent ratios. So the ratio hasn't been doubled.
Does that help?
Oh now i get it..if I double
Thanks Brent!!!
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My thinking could possibly be wrong,
So I do get the correct solution but, I was thinking that, since 5+11 is 16, the number (which is less than 30) must divide to an integer, so only 16 would work
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Question link: https://gmatclub.com/forum/on-a-certain-sight-seeing-tour-the-ratio-of-t...
That's a good idea, but it's not quite correct.
Statement 1 houses the ratio of children to men was 5 to 11, but statement 2 tells us about the maximum number of WOMEN (which has nothing to do with the number of children and men).