At an air show there were 2 piper cub airplanes for every 3 hawks there were 36 hawks how many piper cubs were there

Question

I need to find the ratio of how many piper cubs there were to hawks if there were 36 hawks 

Answer 1

What you need is a simple proportion:

 

2 Pipers  =    X  Pipers

3 hawks       36  Hawks

 

Cross-multiply:

72   =  3X

  3        3

 

24 = X