Question

Ginny's florist has 11 roses out of 110 flowers. Write a ratio (in simplest form) of roses to flowers.

Answer 1

`(1)/(10)`

Explanation:

Given:

Total number of flowers
`=110`.

Number of roses
`=11`.

To find: The ratio of roses to flowers in simplest form.

Solution:

Ratio
`=\frac{\textrm{Number of roses}}{\textrm{Total number of flowers}}`

So, ratio of roses to flowers
`=(11)/(110)=(1)/(10)`.

Hence, the ratio of roses to flowers in simplest form is
`(1)/(10)`.