At a summer camp the campers can choose one of three programmes: camp craft, water sports or hiking. During the first week of camp the campers chose the programmes in the ratio 7:5:8. During the second week of camp the same number of campers chose the programmes in the ratio 7:6:4. Did more campers choose the camp craft programme in the first or second week? How many more?

Respuesta :

Answer: Second week

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

In first week, campers choose programmes in the ratio of [tex]7:5:8[/tex]

In second week, this ratio becomes [tex]7:6:4[/tex]

Suppose 100 campers Joined the camp

Number of hikers who choose camp craft in first week are

[tex]\Rightarrow \dfrac{7}{7+5+8}\times 100=\dfrac{7}{20}\times 100\\\\\Rightarrow 35[/tex]

Number of hikers who choose camp craft in second week are

[tex]\Rightarrow \dfrac{7}{7+6+4}\times 100=\dfrac{7}{17}\times 100\\\\\Rightarrow 41.17\approx 41[/tex]

Therefore, in second week more campers take part in camp craft.

If 100 campers take part then, 6 more campers takes part in camp craft.