There were more dragons than knights in the battle. In fact, the ratio of dragons to knights was 5 to 4. If there were 60 knights, how many dragons were there?

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Qinglong Diep
Jun 18, 2018

There were 75 dragons.

Explanation:

So let start by writing a proportion of what we know already:

#"5 dragons"/"4 knights"# = #"x dragons"/"60 knights"#

We can cross multiply which gives us:

#300=4x#

Divide both sides by 4, you get 75. So you have 75 dragons.

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