Question

HELP I need to get this question right to pass!!!!!!!!! WHATS THE ANSWER TO THIS PROBLEM PLEASE HELP!!!!! John is creating a Thanksgiving display at the store where he works, using only canned pumpkin and canned green beans. He needs to maintain a ratio of pumpkin to green beans of 4 to 1. If he wants to use a total of 90 cans, how many cans of green beans should he use?

Answer 1

Answer:

18 cans

Step-by-step explanation:

Ratio of Pumpkin Can to Green Bean Can is 4:1

We can say Pumpkin is 4 "parts" and Green Bean is 1 "part"

So, total parts is 4 + 1 = 5

How many cans is each part?? In total you want 90 cans and there are 5 parts, so

90/5 = 18 cans per "part"

We know from the ratio that green bean cans is "1 part" and we know 1 part = 18 cans, so 18 cans of green beans should be used

Algebra behind this:

Let number of cans of green beans be x, so:

$\frac{1}{5}=\frac{x}{90}\\5x=90\\x=\frac{90}{5}\\x=18$