Question

During a sparsely attended basketball game, 18 spectators cheered when Luca made two free throw shots, 6 spectators booed, and 32 spectators were silent. What's a simplified ratio of the number of spectators who cheered for Luca to the number of people who attended the game?

Answer 1

9/28

Explanation:

There are a total of 18+6+32 = 56 spectators.

Out of this total number, 18 cheered for Luca; this gives us the ratio

18/56.

Both of these are even numbers. This means we can divide both by 2:

(18÷2)/(56÷2) = 9/28

Answer 2

18 : (18+6+32) = 18 : 56 or 18/56

Divide each by 2 = 9 : 28 or 9/28 whichever way you are writing the ratio.