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Ivan is an artist. He creates 1 sculpture for every 7 paintings. If he has created 42 paintings, how many sculptures has he created?
A.
35
B.
6
C.
294
D.
42



Answer :

Answer: B. 6

Step-by-step explanation:

Write the proportions where numerator is number of scriptures and denominator is number of paintings. X represents how many sculptures he created after creating 42 paintings.

Cross Multiply numerator and denominator to get your answer.

[tex]\frac{1}{7} = \frac{x}{42} \\\\\frac{7x}{7} = \frac{42}{7} \\x = 6[/tex]

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