Question

The ratio of girls to boys in the school orchestra is 15 to 10. Which ratio is equivalent to 15 to 10?

Answer 1

3/2 or 1 1/2

Explanation:

you take 15/10 and divide each of the numbers by 5 which gets you 3/2 but assuming you need to fully reduce it could also be 1 1/2

I am pretty sure

Answer 2

The equivalent ratio of girls to boys in the school orchestra is 3 to 2 or 3:2.

Solving equivalent ratios

Equivalent ratios are similar ratios in mathematics, that has different terms but the same solution after being solved. The ratio of two numbers usually compares the size of two numbers together.

To find equivalent ratio of a given number. we need to either multiply or divide the original value.

Here, we are to find the equivalent ratio of girls to boys in the school orchestra is 15 to 10.

Girls to boys = 15: 10

i.e.

`(15)/(10)`

In its lowest terms, we can divide both the numerator and the denominator by 5, by doing so we get an equivalent ratio.

`= (15 / 5)/(10 / 5)`

`= (3)/(2)`