Chloe and Max played Mario Kart together. The ratio of Chloe’s wins to Max’s wins is 8:3. Chloe won 24 times. How many times did Max win? Let's answer step by step:
We are trying to figure out how many times Max won at Mario Kart, so we'll call that number Y. We know the ratio of Chloe’s wins to Max’s wins is 8 / 3, so 8 / 3 = 24 / Y. Next, we will multiply to find the cross - products. 8 x Y = 3 x 24 or 8Y = 72. We want to get figure out Y, so we need to get it by itself by dividing by 8, like this: 8Y / 8 = 72 / 8. Y = 9, so Max won 9 times. The answer: 9.