Given that,
Total number of snails shells and shark teeth = 60
The ratio of snail shells to shark teeth is 5:1
To find,
Total no of snail shells used by the Jeweler.
Solution,
Let there are 5x snail shells and x shark shells.
According to question,
5x+x = 60
6x = 60
x = 10
Snail shell = 5x
= 5(10)
= 50
Hence, he uses 50 snail shells.
