The ratio of the prices of emma's phone to sophie's phone is 7: 8. if sophie's phone costs $640, how much should the prices of their phones decrease in order to have a ratio of 9: 11 ?

Let cost of Emma's phone = x

Given that cost of Sophie's phone = 640

Then ratio of their phones cost will be x:640 or x/640

Given that ratio of their phones cost is 7:8 or 7/8

So both ratios will be equal.

x=560

So the new ratio of the cost of their phones will be 560:640

Now we have to find about how much should the prices of their phones decrease in order to have a ratio of 9:11.

So let that decreased amount is k then we will get equation :

11(560-k)=9(640-k)

6160-11k=5760-9k

6160-5760=11k-9k

400=2k

200=k

Hence final answer is prices of their phones should decrease by 200 in order to have a ratio of 9:11.

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step-by-step explanation:

divide 13.5 by 9 to get the scale factor. it equals 1.5

2 * 1.5 = 3