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A bakery sells white loaves and brown loaves.
One week, the ratio of the number of white loaves sold to the number of brown loaves
sold was 4:5
The bakery sold a total of 1584 loaves that week.
Work out how many brown loaves they sold.

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Answer:

880 brown loaves

Step-by-step explanation:

Create a ratio of brown loaves to total loaves by adding the the current ratio, 4:5 together.

4 + 5 = 9.

Now create the new ration of brown loaves to total loaves.

5:9

Next make a proportion using brown (numerator) to total (denominator).

Then cross multiply and divide.

[tex]\frac{5}{9} = \frac{b}{1584}[/tex]

[tex]9b = 7920\\\frac{9b}{9} =\frac{7920}{9} \\b=880[/tex]

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