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  • 07-01-2016
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in the school Marching band the ratio of trumpet players to drummers was 5 to 2 . if there were six drummers in the marching band, how many trumpet players were there?

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Billymkhoi
Billymkhoi Billymkhoi
  • 07-01-2016

We have an equation: 5/? = 2/6

Cross multiply:
2? = 56
⇒ ?= 5*6/2= 15

There were 15 trumpet players~

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