Math Question If you can help me thank you

Question

The ratio of trucks to cars in the parking lot is 2:5. If there are 40 cars in the parking lot, how many trucks are there?

Answer 1

There are a couple of ways to solve this

Trucks to cars 2 : 5 And we have x : 40

2 * 40 = 5 * x

80 = 5x

x = 16

we can also do

2:5

X:40

40/5 = x/2

8=x/2

16=x

16 trucks are in the parking lot