Question

a furniture store sells 48 tables for every 60 chairs in a given week. what is the unit rate of tables to chairs? reduce the unit rate.

Answer 1

4:5

Explanation:

You can divide both numbers by 12, therefore simplifying the numbers to the lowest they can be

Answer 2

Ratio of table to chair :
`(4)/(5)`.

Explanation:

Given : furniture store sells 48 tables for every 60 chairs in a given week.

To find : what is the unit rate of tables to chairs.

Solution: We have given

Table = 48 .

Chair = 60 .

Ratio of table to chair :
`(48)/(60)`.

On dividing both number by 4

Ratio of table to chair :
`(12)/(15)`.

On dividing both number by 3

Ratio of table to chair :
`(4)/(5)`.

Therefore, Ratio of table to chair :
`(4)/(5)`.