Question

The ratio of red chairs to blue chairs in the cafeteria is 3:5. If there are a total of 144 chairs in the cafeteria, how many are red?

Answer 1

Answer:

54.

Step-by-step explanation:

The fraction that are red = 3/(3+5) = 3/8.

So number of red chairs = 3 * 144/8

= 54.