In a certain class, the ration of passing grades to failing grades is 9 to 3. if 17 grades were failing, how many passing grades were there?

Rick is driving to his uncles house in greenville,which is 120 miles from ricks town .after covering x miles rick she's a sign stating that greensville is 20 miles away. which equation when solved will give the value of x. a: x+120 = 20 b: x x120 =20 c: x +20 equals 120 d: x x20= 120