Question

the ratio of hopeless romantics to hard-headed skeptics was 459 to 2. if there were 7,803 hopeless romantics, how many hard-headed skeptics were there?

Answer 1

Answer:

333

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

34 hard-headed skeptics

Step-by-step explanation:

Write and solve an equation of ratios:

  459       2

--------- = ----

 7803      x

Cross-multipying, we get:

459x = 15606, which yields  x = 15606/459 = 34

There were 34 hard-headed skeptics.