in one day a movie store rented out 20 comedies.If the ratio of comedies rented to action movies rented was 4:3,how many action movies were rented?

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comedies:action
4:3
20:x
x=15
15 action movies were rented

Based on the ratio of comedies to action movies, the number of action movies rented was 15 action movies.

The ratio of comedies to action movies is 4:3 and 20 comedies were rented.

You can use direct proportion to find the number of action movies rented:

4     :     3

20   :     x

Cross multiply to get:

4x = 60

x = 60/4

x = 15 action movies

In conclusion, 15 action movies were rented.

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