Sandy has four boxes filled with pink ribbons and yellow ribbons. The table shows the number of pink and yellow ribbons in each box.

Box Number

Pink Ribbons

Yellow Ribbons

1

4

5

2

16

20

3

12

15

4

36

45

A fifth box has pink and yellow ribbons in the same proportion as Sandy's first four boxes. Which table could represent box number 5?

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Mathematics

Tiara Best

26 September, 09:17

Sandy has four boxes filled with pink ribbons and yellow ribbons. The table shows the number of pink and yellow ribbons in each box.

Box Number

Pink Ribbons

Yellow Ribbons

1

4

5

2

16

20

3

12

15

4

36

45

A fifth box has pink and yellow ribbons in the same proportion as Sandy's first four boxes. Which table could represent box number 5?

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Nina Solis · Answer 1

It could be 32:40. There is a constant ratio of 4:5 with the ribbons in the boxes, so with a table you would go down multiplying both the numbers by the same to get the answer ... (4:5 x 2 = 8:10 ... x 3 = 12:15 ... x 4 = 16:20 ... etc.)