Question

A frog catches insects for his lunch. The frog likes to eat flies and mosquitoes in a certain ratio, which is shown in the diagram.
The table shows the number of flies and the number of mosquitoes that the frog eats for two lunches.
Based on the ratio, complete the missing values in the table.
Day Flies Mosquitoes
Monday 151515
Tuesday
141414



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Answer 1

Answer:

ON MONDAY:  35 mosquitos.

ON TUESDAY: 6 flies.

Step-by-step explanation:

As you can see in the diagram, the frog eats 3 flies for every 7 mosquitoes (for lunch). Then you can expresed this ratio as following:

3:7 or $\frac{3}{7}$

Based on the table:

-If the frog eats 15 flies on monday, then the number of mosquitos that it eats can be calculated as following:

$\frac{3}{7}=\frac{15}{mosquitoes}\\\\mosquitoes=\frac{15*7}{3}\\\\mosquitoes=35$

-If the frog eats 14 mosquitoes on tuesday, then the number of flies that it eats can be calculated as following:

$\frac{3}{7}=\frac{flies}{14}\\\\flies=\frac{14*3}{7}\\\\flies=6$