Question

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?

Answer 1

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.