Richard's Responses in WyzAnt Answers

First, invert (get the reciprocal of ) 7/2 to get 2/7.  Then multiply 43/5 times 2/7.

With the multiplication of fractions, you multiply all of the numerator number and multiply all the denominator numbers.

so multiply 43 times 2 for the numerator, = 86

multiply 5 times 7 for the denominator, = 35

so you get 86/35.  They will want the answer in mixed number format, because that's the form the original numbers were in.  So you should convert 86/35 to 2 and 16/35.

The key to understanding this and solving it is to not get trapped into thinking that you just need to multiply the optional answers by 2/3 and see that generates a number with a fractional remainder.

If there are 2 white eggs to every 3 brown, then view the color proportions as fraction of 5.  In the case of whites, there are 2 out of 5; with brown, there are 3 out of 5.  To maintain that ratio with larger overall number of eggs, the total number of eggs needs to be a multiple of 5.  The number 12 is the only one that fits that.

Hope that helps.  Essentially, another way to say what Crystal has said.  Nice job Crystal.