a car dealership always has the same porportion of the sprts cars and family cars on the lot. they keep 5 family cars to every 3 sports cars. If there are 108 sprts on the lot how many family cars do they have on the lot??

Question

a car dealership always has the same porportion of the sprts  cars and family cars on the lot. they keep 5 family cars to every 3 sports cars. If there are 108 sprts  on the lot how many family cars do they have on the lot??

anonymous · Answer

5              x
-   =      ----
3            108

Cross multiply
540 = 3x
x = 180

So 180 family cars

anonymous · Answer

thanks!!!!