the ratio of adults to children in a library is 5:6. if there are 102 children in the library, how many people are there in the library altogether?

Respuesta :

My way of obtaining this answer is this.  I need to find out how many times 6 children divide into 102.  I take this number and times it by the 5 adults to obtain the amount of adults in this ratio.  So, 102 divided by 6 is 17.  5 x 17 is 85.  The answer is 85:102.  85 adults to 102 children.