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The ratio of tomatoes to red apples is 2:5. If there are 20 tomaoes in the garden, how many red apples are there?
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Answer to a math question The ratio of tomatoes to red apples is 2:5. If there are 20 tomaoes in the garden, how many red apples are there?
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let there be x red apples.Tomato:red apple=2:5
20 tomatoes are there.
So \frac{20}{x}=\frac{2}{5}or\:x=\frac{20}{2}\times5=50
Hence there are 50 red apples
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