Over the summer, jeff read 2 novels, 12 essays, and 4 short stories. What is the ratio of the number of novels he read to the total number of works he read?

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Pankwood · Answer 1 · 2019-05-05T08:26:03+0000

The ratio will be 1:9

Step-by-step explanation

The given ratio was

Novels:Essays:Short stories = 2:12:4

Adding all the ratios will give the number that corresponds to the total works she read.

Total ratio is

2+12+4=18

The required ratio, which is the ratio of Novels to total works read is given by,

2:18

We can divide each term in the ratio by 2 to obtain,

1:9

Therefore the ratio of Novels to total books read is 1:9.