Question

A television with a 5:4 screen shows an image with a ratio of 25:12 which creates a letter boxed image. What percent of the screen's area is occupied by the image?

Answer 1

Answer:75%

Explanation:

You know that the ratio of the television's screen is . This ratio can be also written as the following fraction:

The television shows an image with a ratio of which can be also written as a fraction:

Set up the following proportion and solve for "x":

Now, in order to find the percent of the screen area occupied make the following division:

Explanation: