David feeds 32 fish to a mother seal and baby seal. this mother seal has 5 fish for every 3 fish for the baby seal. how many fish does david feed the mother seal

To find how many fish David fed the mother, you will use the part to part ratio of 5 fish for the mother to 3 fish for the baby to come up with a total amount from this simple ratio.

5 + 3 = 8 fish

If there were 32 total fish fed to the mom and baby, this is 4 groups of the 8 that is represented in the simple ratio.

This means there will be 4 times the number of fish fed to the mother as well.

5 x 4 = 20

There were 20 fish fed to the mother.

5    20
3 = 12 
8    32