Question

The ratio of shoes sold to sandals sold was 8:5. If there were 72 sandals sold, how many shoes were sold?

-please show the work im confused-

Answer 1

8:5×72=612 I multiple those numbers

Answer 2

45 shoes were sold because 8:5 means something. So if 72 was 5, then what is 8? 

8:5
?:75

we would solve that by doing 75 divided by 5= 15. So 15 x 8= 45.

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