Aherd of 52 horses has 12 white and some black horses. what is the ratio of white to black

12:40

Step-by-step explanation:

The total number of horses is given as 52.

Number of white horses =12

Let the number of black horses be .

This means that ratio of white: black horses is 12:.

Using the ratio above, we can find the number of black horses as follows:

of 52=x

Taking out the common factor x from equation we have:

This gives us with two solution:

x=0 and x=40.

Since the question said there are some black horses, the x=0 value can be ignored. So we have

Hence the ratio: 12:40

a; x = 0.5

step-by-step explanation:

-10x = -5

x = 0.5

i think the answer is b.

step-by-step explanation:

not 100% sure though.