Question

For each 13 mm of coloured fabric Gordon uses to make his curtains he also uses 1 cm of white fabric express the amount of white fabric to coloured fabric as a ratio in its simplest form

Answer 1

`(10)/(13)`

Explanation:

In the question, the units of the length of both colored and white fabrics are not the same. So, convert the unit of the white fabrics into mm.

The length of colored fabric used = 13 mm.

The length of white fabric used = 1 cm

= 10 mm

To express the white fabric to colored fabric, we have;

`(length of white fabric used)/(length of colored fabric used)` =
`(10mm)/(13mm)`

=
`(10)/(13)`

Thus, the amount of white fabric to colored fabric can be expressed as
`(10)/(13)`.