There are 72 cars in a parking lot consisting of 108 cars and trucks. Find the ratio of trucks to cars.

Question

There are 72 cars in a parking lot consisting of 108 cars and trucks. Find the ratio of trucks to cars. How do I do this?

Answer 1

Hello, Juliette,

Since there are 72 cars in a parking lot consisting of 108 cars and trucks, we can subtract the 72 from the total to find the number of trucks.

108 - 72 = 36 trucks

The ratio of trucks to cars becomes (36 trucks/72 cars). This can be reduced to 1/2.

The ratio of trucks to cars is 1/2 or 1:2.

Bob