The ratio between the number of sheep and the number of horses at the Stewart farm is 6 to 7, If each horse is fed 230 ounces of horse food per day and the farm needs a total 12,880 ounces of horse food per day, what is the number of sheep in the farm?	Answers:
A) 18 B) 28 C) 48 D) 56 E) 60
Let the number of sheeps and horses be 4x and 7x.   Now total number of horses = total consumption of horse food/consumption per horse = 12880/230= 
<gadget id="calculator">12880/230</gadget>
<output>56</output>
56, which is equal to 7x.=&gt; x = 8   Sheeps =6x = 6*8= 
<gadget id="calculator">6*8</gadget>
<output>48</output>
48.   Hence 48.
<result>C</result>
The ratio between the number of sheep and the number of horses at the Stewart farm is 6 to 7, If each horse is fed 230 ounces of horse food per day and the farm needs a total 12,880 ounces of horse food per day, what is the number of sheep in the farm?