At a restaurant the ratio of kids meals sold to adult meals was 8 to 5 if there were 72 kids meals sold how many adult meals were sold

The answer is 45

45

Step-by-step explanation:

There were 72 kids meals sold which is represented by 8 parts of the ratio.

Divide by 8 to find the value of one part of the ratio

72 : 8 = 9 ← value of 1 part of the ratio, thus

5 * 9 = 45 ← number of adult meals sold