Question

2) The ratio of trucks to cars on a freeway is 5 to 8. If there are 440 carson the freeway, how many trucks are there?

Answer 1

$\frac{5}{8}=\frac{x}{440}$

where x = trucks, then solve for x:

$\begin{gathered} \frac{5}{8}\times440=\frac{x}{440}\times440 \\ x=275 \end{gathered}$

there are 275 trucks