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A holiday decoration involves blue and white lights.The ratio of blue lights to white lights is 3 to 2 . The box the decoration came in stated that the number of blue lights was 114 but didn't give the number of white lights or the total number of lights.

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Answer:

a. 76 b. 190

Step-by-step explanation:

a. Number of white lights

Since the ratio of blue lights to white lights is 3 to 2 and the number of blue lights is 114, it follows that 3 : 2 = 114 : x where x is the number of white lights.

So, 3/2 = 114/x

cross-multiplying,

3x = 114 × 2

3x = 228

x = 228/3

x = 76

b. Total number of lights

So, the total number of lights is thus number of blue lights + number of white lights = 114 + 76 = 190