vonna scored 45 goals at soccer practice. ratio of goals to misses was 5:3. How many times did she ​miss?

Answer 1

Hi Ysabelle,

You can solve this problem using equivalent ratios.

Let's write the ratio of goals to misses in fraction form as follows:

goals 5

misses 3

Now we can write the following pair of equivalent ratios to find the number of misses (represented by the variable x) Vonna had in her game:

goals 5 = 45

misses 3 x

Since 5 times 9 is 45, we can multiply the numerator and the denominator by 9

to find the number of misses, x:

goals 5 • 9 = 45

misses 3 • 9 27

Vonna had 27 misses in her game.