Question

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The ratio of apples to bananas at a fruit stand is 5 to 4. The ratio of cherries to bananas is 2 to 5. What is the ratio of apples to cherries?

A. 5:5
B. 5:2
C. 4:5
D. 25:8
E. 2:1

Answer 1

Are you sure D is 24: 8 and not 25:8

Answer 2

5 : 4 , 5:2
app:ban, ban:cherries

Answer 3

app:ban, ban:cherries
25:20, 20:8

app :cherries
25:8

Answer 4

why did you multiply 5:4, with 5 and 5:2 with 4?

Answer 5

@dan815

Answer 6

to get same number of bananas in both ratios

Answer 7

the 2nd ratio is telling how many cherries i get fot 5 bananas not for 4 baanas
another way is to just do
5:2 = 5*4/5 : 2*4/5 = 4:8/5

5:4 , 4:8/5

5 apples : 8/5 cherries multiply by 5 so it makes sense

Answer 8

25:8

Answer 9

in your mind you're just saying this
5 apples for 4 banans, and for 4 bannas u have 8/5 cherries