Question

Set up a proportion for the following situation.It takes Todd 8 minutes to eat 5 pies at a pie eating contest. How many pies can Todd eat in 15 minutes?

Answer 1

I would say around 8 pieces

Answer 2

I know it is 8, but I don't know how to set up a proportion

Answer 3

How can you write that so that 5/8 = x/15?

Answer 4

a proportion is set up to relate 2 relations. this is kinda confusing, but all i mean is create 2 fractions that will be equal to each other

for example: 3 out of every 10 shirts that were sold in a day were blue. if 50 total shirts were sold, then how many were blue?

you would set up proportions --> 2 fractions

Fraction 1: 3/10 3 out of 10 were blue

Fraction 2: X/50 How many out of 50 were blue

set these equal to each other. 3/10=X/50

then you cross multiply 10X=3(50)

Multiply 10X=150

Divide X=15

15 out of 50 shirts were blue

Answer 5

That a good example to set up a proportion?

Answer 6

yes it is