Question

On Fridays, Fresh Food Restaurant has 4 waiters

working the lunch shift and 12 waiters working
the dinner shift. What is the ratio of lunch shift
waiters to dinner shift waiters?
Try It! 1 of 3
1:3
1:6
4:3
1:4

Answer 1

The Ratio of Lunch shift waiters : Dinner shift waiters = 1 : 3

Explanation:

Here, given:

The number of waiters working the lunch shift = 4

The number of waiters working the dinner shift = 12

So, the ratio of Lunch shift waiters : Dinner shift waiters = 4 : 12

Or, expressing 4: 12 in lowest form, we get

`(4)/(12) =  (1)/(3)`

Hence, the Ratio of Lunch shift waiters : Dinner shift waiters = 1 : 3